On flows with closed streamlines
Abstract
In this paper we present numerical solutions of the steady, two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid, for the flow in a plane elliptical region driven by the motion of its boundary. As the Reynolds number increases a core region in which the vorticity is uniform emerges, and a favourable comparison is possible with results obtained in the high-Reynolds-number limit.
- Publication:
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Journal of Engineering Mathematics
- Pub Date:
- September 1985
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1985JEnMa..19..233H
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Layer Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Laminar Flow;
- Steady Flow;
- Viscous Flow;
- Elliptical Cylinders;
- Finite Difference Theory;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Reynolds Number;
- Streamlining;
- Taylor Series;
- Vorticity;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer;
- Mathematical Modeling;
- Reynolds Number;
- Vorticity;
- Industrial Mathematic;
- Core Region