TY - JOUR
T1 - Eddy formation in obstructed fluid flow
T2 - A molecular-dynamics study
AU - Rapaport, D. C.
AU - Clementi, E.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Two-dimensional fluid flow past a circular obstacle has been simulated at the microscopic level by means of a molecular-dynamics approach. At sufficiently large Reynolds number the flow field is observed to exhibit characteristics common to real fluids, namely the appearance of eddies, periodic eddy separation, and an oscillatory wake. Very large systems typically 160 000 particlesare required in order to provide adequate space for these flow patterns to develop.
AB - Two-dimensional fluid flow past a circular obstacle has been simulated at the microscopic level by means of a molecular-dynamics approach. At sufficiently large Reynolds number the flow field is observed to exhibit characteristics common to real fluids, namely the appearance of eddies, periodic eddy separation, and an oscillatory wake. Very large systems typically 160 000 particlesare required in order to provide adequate space for these flow patterns to develop.
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U2 - 10.1103/physrevlett.57.695
DO - 10.1103/physrevlett.57.695
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AN - SCOPUS:4243932029
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 57
SP - 695
EP - 698
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 6
ER -