Reynolds number effect on drag reduction in a microbubble-laden spatially developing turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 543, Issue , 2005, Pages 93-106

  Ferrante, Antonino ^a   Elghobashi, Said ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FRICTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SKIN FRICTION; SPATIALLY DEVELOPING TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER (SDTBL);

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DRAG REDUCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 28244446723     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006440     Document Type: Article

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