Lateral vorticity measurements in a turbulent wake

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 323, Issue , 1996, Pages 173-200

  Antonia, R A ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Shafi, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

LATERAL VORTICITY; LOCAL ISOTROPY; VORTICITY FLATNESS FACTOR;

WAKES;

TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAKES;

EID: 0030238365     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000882     Document Type: Article

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