The flow field due to a body in impulsive motion

DOI10.1017/S002211209600804XzbMath0895.76027MaRDI QIDQ4354509

Renwei Mei, Christopher J. Lawrence

Publication date: 17 September 1997

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

bluff bodyasymptotic expansionsphereasymptotic analysislong-time behaviourimpulsive startimpulsive stopimpulsive velocity reversalsudden velocity increase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Wakes and jets (76D25)

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