The evolution of a uniformly sheared thermally stratified turbulent flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 334, Issue , 1997, Pages 61-86

  Piccirillo, Paul ^a,b   Van Atta, Charles W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUOYANCY; CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

RICHARDSON NUMBER;

SHEAR FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOW MODELLING; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031103895     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209600434X     Document Type: Article

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