Statistical structure of the fluctuating wall pressure and its in-plane gradients at high Reynolds number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2008, Pages 195-220

  Klewicki, J C ^a   Priyadarshana, P J A ^a   Metzger, M M ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MICROPHONES; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL STRUCTURES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; ZERO-PRESSURE-GRADIENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

WALL FLOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PLAYA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTICITY; WALL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 48849090739     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002541     Document Type: Article

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