INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, cilt.52, sa.40, ss.14492-14503, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
The flow characteristics of a single and the two side-by-side spheres immersed in a uniform flow for Re = 5 x 10(3) are studied qualitatively and quantitatively employing dye visualization and a particle image velocimetry. The current study focuses on the analysis of the flow behavior using instantaneous and time-mean flow data in plan-view and cross-sectional planes. Flow features and distributions of velocity vectors, V*, at the critical locations; patterns of velocity fluctuations, u* and nu*; contours of sectional streamlines,