On the orientation of stiff fibres suspended in turbulent flow in a planar contraction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 545, Issue , 2005, Pages 245-269

  Parsheh, Mehran ^a   Brown, Matthew L ^b   Aidun, Cyrus K ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FIBERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

LASER-DOPPLER VELOCIMETER TECHNIQUES; PLANAR CONTRACTION; STIFF FIBRES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FIBERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 30744472635     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006968     Document Type: Article

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