On the formation of longitudinal vortices in a turbulent boundary layer over wavy terrain

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 326, Issue , 1996, Pages 321-341

  Phillips, W R C ^a   Wu, Z ^b   Lumley, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

LAGRANGIAN MEAN FORMULATION; RAYLEIGH WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0030289741     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096008336     Document Type: Article

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