Statistical properties of vortical structures with spanwise vorticity in zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Camussi, R ^a   Di Felice, F ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SHIP MODEL BASIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

POINTWISE MEASUREMENTS; STREAMWISE-WALL-WATER TUNNEL; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

EID: 33645470805     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2185684     Document Type: Article

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