Investigation of the calmed region behind a turbulent spot

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 802-809

  Gostelow, J P ^a   Walker, G J ^b   Solomon, W J ^b   Hong, G ^c   Melwani, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE; BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031457983     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2841191     Document Type: Article

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