Characteristics of a young turbulent spot

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 509-521

  Singer, Bart A ^a  

^a High Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0029656359     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868804     Document Type: Article

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