Dual-plane stereo particle image velocimetry measurements of velocity gradient tensor fields in turbulent shear flow. II. Experimental results

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mullin, John A ^a   Dahm, Werner J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow visualisation; Fractals; Jets; Shear turbulence; Vortices

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FRACTALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

DUAL PLANE STEREO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SHEAR TURBULENCE; TURBULENT JET;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FRACTALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33645467087     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2166448     Document Type: Article

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