Specific power input and local micromixing times in turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-522

  Racina, Anna ^a   Kind, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; TORQUE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33747892159     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-006-0178-x     Document Type: Article

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