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Multi-particle-collision dynamics: Flow around a circular and a square cylinder

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

A particle-based model for mesoscopic fluid dynamics is used to simulate steady and unsteady flows around a circular and a square cylinder in a two-dimensional channel for a range of Reynolds number between 10 and 130. Numerical results for the recirculation length, the drag coefficient, and the Strouhal number are reported and compared with previous experimental measurements and computational fluid dynamics data. The good agreement demonstrates the potential of this method for the investigation of complex flows.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110148,
  title  = {Multi-particle-collision dynamics: Flow around a circular and a square cylinder},
  author = {A. Lamura and G. Gompper and T. Ihle and D. M. Kroll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110148},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, separated figures in .jpg format, to be published in Europhysics Letters

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