Confined laminar wakes at small and large Reynolds number
Abstract
The development of the wake flowfield behind a symmetric cascade of finite thickness flat plates in steady two-dimensional laminar incompressible flow is investigated for a wide range of Reynolds number. A spectral method is used to obtain the solution to a low Reynolds number expansion of the Navier-Stokes equations as well as a second approximation to the Oseen equations. Comparisons to the results of the second Oseen approximation are made with previously obtained solutions to the slender channel equations for large Reynolds number as well as with solutions to the low Reynolds number expansion.
- Publication:
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17th Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Dynamics, and Lasers Conference
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984fdpd.confS....P
- Keywords:
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- Cascade Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- High Reynolds Number;
- Laminar Wakes;
- Low Reynolds Number;
- Oseen Approximation;
- Channel Flow;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Recirculative Fluid Flow;
- Series Expansion;
- Spectral Methods;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer