Intermittency in the transition to turbulence

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1184-1207

  Fowler, A C ^a   Howell, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Puffs; Slugs; Transition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

INTERMITTENCY;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0041975821     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139900368893     Document Type: Article

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