Vortex Shedding and Turbulence Scales in Staggered Tube Bundle Flows

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 823-831

  Balabani, S ^a   Yianneskis, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissipation rate; LDA; Spectra; Time scales; Tube bundles; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX SHEDDING;

FLOW PERIODICITY; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); STAGGERED TUBE BUNDLES; STROUHAL NUMBER;

PIPE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX SHEDDING;

FLUID DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICES;

EID: 0031252092     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450750502     Document Type: Article

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