Decaying turbulence in an active-grid-generated flow and comparisons with large-eddy simulation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 480, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-160

  Kang, Hyung Suk ^a   Chester, Stuart ^a   Meneveau, Charles ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES);

FLUID MECHANICS;

DECAY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037431221     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002003579     Document Type: Article

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