The evolution of initially turbulent bluff-body wakes at high internal Froude number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 337, Issue , 1997, Pages 283-301

  Spedding, G R ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; BUOYANCY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

FROUDE NUMBER;

WAKES;

BODIES-BLUFF; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX GENERATION; WAKES;

EID: 0031126591     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004557     Document Type: Article

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