Origin of high kurtosis levels in the viscous sublayer. Direct numerical simulation and experiment

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1938-1944

  Xu, C ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Den Toonder, J M J ^b   Nieuwstadt, F T M ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001044646     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868973     Document Type: Article

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