Critical assessment of turbulent drag reduction through spanwise wall oscillations

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 521, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-271

  Quadrio, Maurizio ^a   Ricco, Pierre ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FRICTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; WALL FLOW;

SKIN-FRICTION VECTOR; WALL VELOCITY; WALL-SHEAR STRESS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEAR-WALL FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 12144255375     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004001855     Document Type: Article

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