Interpretation of large-scale structures observed in a turbulent plane Couette flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-69

  Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^a   Hanratty, Thomas J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Couette flow; Direct numerical simulation; Eddy structure; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COUETTE FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ROLL CELLS; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBULENT STRESS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATION; VISCOUS STRESS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031080262     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(96)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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