What are we learning from simulating wall turbulence?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1852, 2007, Pages 715-732

  Jiménez, Javier ^a,b   Moser, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Logarithmic layer; Numerical simulations; Permanent waves; Wall turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847205693     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1943     Document Type: Article

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