Finite lifetime of turbulence in shear flows

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7107, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Hof, Björn ^a,b   Westerweel, Jerry ^b   Schneider, Tobias M ^c   Eckhardt, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FLOW RATES; TURBULENCE CONTROL; TURBULENT MOTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33748428450     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05089     Document Type: Article

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