The PVC technique - A method to estimate the dissipation length scale in turbulent flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 352, Issue , 1997, Pages 135-159

  Ho, Chih Ming ^a   Zohar, Yitshak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WAKES;

ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; PEAK VALLEY COUNTING TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031378263     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007180     Document Type: Article

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