Computation of Pressure Fields around a Two-Dimensional Circular Cylinder Using the Vortex-In-Cell and Penalization Methods

Figure 2

Pressure contours (right) and pressure coefficients at the body surface (left) for steady flow past a circular cylinder at Re=40.

(a) 𝐶_𝑝 distribution

(b) 𝐶_𝑝 along the body surface