Vortical structures in a turbulent far-wake: Effect of Reynolds number

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 293-314

  Zhou, Y ^a   Tsang, W K ^a   Antonia, R A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; PROBABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS; SPANWISE STRUCTURES; TRANSVERSE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT FAR WAKE; VORTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTICITY CIRCULATION; VORTICITY CONCENTRATION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033402595     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(98)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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