Spatial signatures of retrograde spanwise vortices in wall turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 574, Issue , 2007, Pages 155-167

  Natrajan, V K ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Christensen, K T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WALL FLOW;

RETROGRADE SPANWISE VORTICES; SPATIAL SIGNATURE; WALL TURBULENCE;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE;

FALCO;

EID: 33847047214     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003788     Document Type: Article

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