Supercritical transition to turbulence in an inertially driven von Kármán closed flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 601, Issue , 2008, Pages 339-364

  Ravelet, Florent ^a,b   Chiffaudel, Arnaud ^a   Daviaud, François ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b Laboratory for Aero and Hydrodynamics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

AZIMUTHAL SHEAR LAYER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATION;

TURBULENCE;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 42349114966     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008000712     Document Type: Article

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