Effect of a contraction on turbulence. Part 1: Experiment

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4241-4252

  Han, Yong O ^a,b   George, William K ^a,b   Hjärne, Johan ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ENERGY BALANCE; ISOTROPY; STREAMWISE FLUCTUATIONS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 30744473727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-1119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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