Coherent structures in two uniformly distorted plane turbulent wakes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2706-2711

  Kopp, G A ^a   Keffer, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; WAKES;

EID: 0030476054     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869056     Document Type: Article

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