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Numerical Simulations of Flows over a Pair of Cylinders at Different Arrangements using the Immersed Boundary Method

A.R. da Silva¹, A. Silveira-Neto^2,3, D.A. Rade^2,4, R.Francis⁴, E.A. Santos⁴

1 Federal University of Itajubá, Mechanical Engineering Institute, Campus José Rodrigues Seabra P.O. Box 50, CEP 37500-902, Itajubá-MG - Brazil.
2 Federal University of Uberlândia, School of Mechanical Engineering, Campus Santa Mônica P.O. Box 593, CEP 38400-902 - Uberlândia - MG – Brazil.
3 Corresponding author. Tel.: +55 34 32 39 41 48; Fax: +55 34 32 39 42 06. E-mail address:aristeus@mecanica.ufu.br.
4 Center of Research of PETROBRAS Submarine Technology - CENPES/PDP/TS, Rio de Janeiro -RJ - Brazil.