Instantaneous fluctuation velocity and skewness distributions upstream of transition onset

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1272-1279

  Hernon, D ^a   Walsh, E J ^a   McEligot, D M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer instability; Pre transitional flow; Streaky structures; Transition

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER INSTABILITY; SKEWNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; STREAKY STRUCTURES; STREAMWISE FLUCTUATION VELOCITY; STREMWISE ORIENTATED DISTURBANCES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW;

EID: 36248983358     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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