Unsteady wall-shear measurements in turbulent boundary layers using MEMS

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Ruedi, J D ^a,c   Nagib, H ^a   Osterlund J ^b   Monkewitz, P A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden   (Sweden)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MEMS sensors; Turbulent boundary layers; Turbulent surface stresses; Unsteady shear stresses; Wall shear measurements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALIBRATION; FRICTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSORS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

MEMS SENSORS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT SURFACE STRESSES; UNSTEADY SHEAR STRESSES; WALL SHEAR MEASUREMENTS;

WALL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHEAR FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2342476592     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-003-0666-1     Document Type: Article

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