Effects of spanwise rotation on the vorticity stretching in transitional and turbulent channel flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-332

  Lamballais, Eric ^a   Lesieur, Marcel ^a   Métais, Olivier ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANTICYCLONIC PERTURBATIONS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RELAMINARIZATION; SPANWISE ROTATION; VORTICITY STRETCHING;

VORTEX FLOW;

ROTATING FLOW; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0030159329     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-727X(96)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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