Bluff bodies in deep turbulent boundary layers: Reynolds-number issues

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 571, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-118

  Lim, Hee Chang ^a   Castro, Ian P ^a   Hoxey, Roger P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

BLUFF BODIES; MEAN FLOW; VORTEX MOTIONS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

MODEL TEST; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE PRESSURE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 33846099908     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003223     Document Type: Article

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