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Unsteady 2-D Laminar Flow Simulation past a Circular Cylinder  

Myong Hyon Kook (국민대학교 기계자동차공학부)
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Journal of computational fluids engineering / v.9, no.4, 2004 , pp. 41-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
The paper presents numerical simulations of laminar vortex-shedding flows past a circular cylinder for Re ≤ 500. The simulations are performed by solving the unsteady 2-D Navier-Stokes equations with a finite volume method using unstructured grid system. The resulting Reynolds number dependence of the Strouhal number and of the drag and lift coefficients is compared with experiments and with previous numerical results, showing good agreement. It is found that, for the truly laminar Reynolds number range the present calculation method described is capable of producing reasonably accurate results for the main practically relevant parameters such as Strouhal number, drag and lift coefficients.
Keywords
Unsteady Laminar Plow; Vortex Shedding; Circular Cylinder; Drag and Lift Coefficients; Simulation; CFD;
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