Flow structure in the gap between two bluff bodies

34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Arcas, Diego ^a,b   Browand, Fred ^a,b   Hammache, Mustapha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CONDITION; ASYMMETRIC STATE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITIONS; STEADY STATE; SYMMETRIC STATE; TRANSITIONAL STATE; VELOCITY FIELD;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896760304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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