A method is presented for the computation of separated flows past two-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape. The surface vorticity technique is used to model the body flow and is combined with vorticity generation, shedding, and convection schemes which simulate the separation regime. The method is applied here especially to bluff body flows and illustrative examples have been limited to symmetrical or half plane flows only. An extension of the technique to free streamline flows is described and illustrated by comparison with the classical solution for free streamline separation from a flat plate.
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