Study of turbulent boundary layer structure using the invariants of the velocity gradient tensor

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 308-317

  Chacín, Juan M ^a   Cantwell, Brian J ^b   Kline, Stephen J ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant; Flow topology; Topological invariants; Turbulence structure; Velocity gradient tensor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TENSORS; TOPOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURES; VELOCITY GRADIENT TENSORS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

EID: 0030292156     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(96)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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