Intermittency, pressure and acceleration statistics from hot-wire measurements in wind-tunnel turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 501, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-229

  Gylfason, A ^a   Ayyalasomayajula, S ^a   Warhaft, Z ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANEMOMETERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

HOT-WIRE MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY STRUCTURES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 1842585693     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200300747X     Document Type: Article

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