Laboratory experiments for intense vortical structures in turbulence velocity fields

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Mouri, Hori ^a   Hori, Akihiro ^a,b   Kawashima, Yoshihide ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Meteorological and Environmental Sensing Technology Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DUCTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

INTENSE VORTICAL STRUCTURES; KOLMOGOROV LENGTH; TURBULENCE VELOCITY FIELDS;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DUCTS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34250021276     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2720827     Document Type: Article

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