Three-Dimensional Measurement of Velocity, Velocity Gradients and Related Properties in Turbulent Flows

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 453-461

  Lemonis, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Grid turbulence; Hot wire anemometry; Turbulent boundary layer; Turbulent length scales; Velocity derivatives; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521199     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(97)90007-9     Document Type: Article

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