Turbulent boundary layer relaxation from convex curvature

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 211, Issue , 1990, Pages 529-556

  Alving, Amy E ^a   Smits, Alexander J ^b   Watmuff, Jonathan H ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CURVATURE; RELAXATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

PLATES; STRESSES;

CONVEX CURVATURES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER RELAXATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0025384801     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112090001689     Document Type: Article

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