Large-eddy simulation of transition to turbulence in a boundary layer developing spatially over a flat plate

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 326, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-36

  Ducros, Frédéric ^a   Comte, Pierre ^a   Lesieur, Marcel ^a  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FILTERED STRUCTURE FUNCTION MODEL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0030283556     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022112096008221     Document Type: Article

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