Coherent fine scale eddies in turbulence transition of spatially-developing mixing layer

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1280-1290

  Wang, Y ^a   Tanahashi, M ^a   Miyauchi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherent fine scale eddy; Direct numerical simulation; Laminar turbulent transition; Turbulent mixing layer

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

COHERENT FINE SCALE EDDY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ ROLLERS; TURBULENT MIXING LAYER;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36248942130     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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