Relaminarization in highly favourable pressure gradients on a convex surface

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 566, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-115

  Mukund, R ^a   Viswanath, P R ^a   Narasimha, R ^b   Prabhu, A ^c   Crouch, J D ^d  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVEX-SURFACE MEAN-FLOW; CURVATURE EFFECTS; FLAT-SURFACE FLOW; RELAMINARIZATION;

LAMINAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW OVER SURFACE; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33749539138     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002473     Document Type: Article

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