Self-similar vortex clusters in the turbulent logarithmic region

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 561, Issue , 2006, Pages 329-358

  del Álamo, Juan C ^a   Jiménez, Javier ^a,b   Zandonade, Paulo ^c   Moser, Robert D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES; WALL FLOW;

STREAMWISE VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENT LOGARITHMIC REGION; VORTEX CLUSTERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WALL FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WAKE;

STREAMWISE VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENT LOGARITHMIC REGION; VORTEX CLUSTERS;

EID: 33746353724     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000814     Document Type: Article

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