Table 6:

Closed-wake geometrical parameters for steady state flow over a sphere

Author	Re	50	100	150	200
Present study	θs	38.8°	52.9°	60.1°	64.5°
Johnson & Patel (1999)		40.0°	53.1°	59°	63°
Mittal (1999)		39.8°	53.2°
Present study	LW	0.4	0.87	1.21	1.45
Johnson & Patel (1999)		0.4	0.88	1.21	1.45
Mittal et al. (2008)			0.84	1.17
Mittal (1999)		0.44	0.87
Marella et al. (2005)		0.39	0.88
Luo et al. (2012)			0.91	1.23
Present study	a	0.64	0.76	0.83	0.88
Johnson & Patel (1999)		0.63	0.75	0.83	0.88
Luo et al. (2012)			0.76	0.83
Present study	b	0.42	0.58	0.66	0.72
Johnson & Patel (1999)		0.42	0.58	0.64	0.73
Present study	CD	1.57	1.12	0.92	0.81
Johnson & Patel (1999)		1.57	1.1	0.91	0.81
Marella et al. (2005)		1.56	1.06	0.85