DPIV study of the effect of a gable roof on the flow structure around a surface-mounted cubic obstacle

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-418

  Sousa, J M M ^a   Pereira, J C F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gable roof; Mean pressure field; Mean vortical structures; Particle image velocimetry; Surface mounted obstacle

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; GAS LASERS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCIMETERS; VORTEX FLOW;

GABLE ROOFS; MEAN PRESSURE FIELDS; MEAN VORTICAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); SURFACE MOUNTED OBSTACLES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 4644273894     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-004-0830-2     Document Type: Article

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