Experimental/numerical study of the turbulent boundary layer development along a surface with a sudden change in roughness

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Mecanicas/Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-104

  Avelino, Mila R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHART METHOD; INTEGRAL MOMENTUM EQUATION; KNEE POINT METHOD; MERGE POINT METHOD; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATION OF TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033715197     PISSN: 01007386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-73862000000100008     Document Type: Article

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