Experimental study on mean velocity and turbulence characteristics of plane Couette flow: Low-Reynolds-number effects and large longitudinal vortical structure

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 539, Issue , 2005, Pages 199-227

  Kitoh, Osami ^a   Nakabyashi, Koichi ^b   Nishimura, Futoshi ^c  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Gifu Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; LOW-REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT; POISEUILLE FLOW; VORTICAL STRUCTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33644599740     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005005641     Document Type: Article

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