On the viscous steady flow around a circular cylinder

A series truncation method is proposed to obtain approximate Solutions to the flow past a circular cylinder. This procedure is based on a change in the radial coordinate (x), such that this new coordinate is defined in a finite interval. Solutions are truncated power series in x, so that the full Na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mandujano, F, Peralta-Fabi, R
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/1492
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/1492
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Physics, Multidisciplinary
low Reynolds number
stationary Navier-Stokes eqn's
slow viscous flow
series truncation
flow past a cylinder
drag coefficient
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Sumario:A series truncation method is proposed to obtain approximate Solutions to the flow past a circular cylinder. This procedure is based on a change in the radial coordinate (x), such that this new coordinate is defined in a finite interval. Solutions are truncated power series in x, so that the full Navier-Stokes equations are transformed into three recurrence relations with two independent coefficients. The boundary conditions on the cylinder's surface are satisfied in trivially way, and the conditions at infinity lead to a system of two non linear ordinary differential equations. These are solved using Fourier series in the angular variable and, for the sake of argument, in a power series in R-e, Results oil the convergence of the series, with varying order of truncation, and comparison with earlier results are discussed.