NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE JET-VORTEX PATTERN
OF FLOW IN A RECTANGULAR TRENCH

S. A. Isaev,a P. I. Kudinov,b
N. A. Kudryavtsev,a and I. A. Pyshnyia

UDC 532.517.2

Numerical simulation of the vortex structure of three-dimensional 
laminar flow in a rectangular trench of square cross section has been 
carried out on the basis of the finite-volume solution of steady-state 
Navier-Stokes equations.

aAcademy of Civil Aviation, St. Petersburg, Russia; email: isaev@SI3612.spb.edu; 
bDnepropetrovsk State University, Dnepropetrovsk, Russia. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 
24-30, March-April, 2003. Original article submitted August 28, 2002.