Flow past symmetric convex profiles with open wakes

摘要

AbstractA fixed domain approach and a Baiocchi type transformation in conjunction with a modified Schwarz alternating iteration scheme are used to solve problems of flow past truncated convex shaped profiles between walls in a logarithmic hodograph plane. The flows are such that an open wake or cavity is formed behind the profile. The basic numerical scheme consists of the successive over‐relaxation finite difference approach over the whole domain of the problem with the use of a projection operation over only part of the domain. The numerical results that are obtained using this approach for the cases of a truncated circular arc profile and a wedge profile are compared with published results and are found to be in good agreemen