Similarity analysis of favorable pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers with eventual quasilaminarization

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Cal, Raúl Bayoán ^a,b   Castillo, Luciano ^c  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; FRICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SKIN FRICTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; DISPLACEMENT THICKNESS; FAVORABLE PRESSURE GRADIENTS; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; PRESSURE PARAMETER; SIMILARITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; ZERO PRESSURE GRADIENT FLOWS;

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 55849152366     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2991433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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