A finite difference solution of the shear flow over a circular cylinder

Lei, Chengwang, Cheng, Liang, and Kavanagh, Ken (2000) A finite difference solution of the shear flow over a circular cylinder. Ocean engineering, 27 (3). pp. 271-290.

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Abstract

The incompressible viscous shear flow past a circular cylinder is analyzed by solving two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and pressure Poisson equation using a finite difference method. The shear flow is calculated for Reynolds numbers from 80 to 1000, and shear parameters up to 0.25. The numerical results indicate that the vortex shedding persists at the shear parameters up to 0.25 for the present Reynolds number range. The Strouhal number and the drag coefficient decrease as the shear parameter increases. There is a transverse force acting from the high velocity side toward the low velocity side in the shear flow.

Item ID: 663
Item Type: Article (UNSPECIFIED)
ISSN: 0029-8018
Keywords: Shear flow, Vortex shedding, Shear parameter, Strouhal number, Finite difference method, Upwind differencing
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Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2006
FoR Codes: 09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics @ 0%
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