Composite asymptotic expansions and scaling wall turbulence

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

Volumn 365, Issue 1852, 2007, Pages 733-754

  Panton, Ronald L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Composite expansions; Inactive turbulent motion; Reynolds stresses; Streamwise Reynolds stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847216877     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1951     Document Type: Article

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