Statistical structure of momentum sources and sinks in the outer region of a turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 606, Issue , 2008, Pages 225-237

  Ganapathisubramani, B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; STATISTICAL STRUCTURES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TWO-POINT CORRELATION; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CORRELATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 45449088140     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008001675     Document Type: Article

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