A note on optimal transient growth in turbulent channel flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pujals, Gregory ^a,b   García Villalba, Manuel ^c   Cossu, Carlo ^a   Depardon, Sebastien ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; WALL FLOW;

CENTERLINE VELOCITY; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; OPTIMAL PERTURBATION; STREAMWISE VORTICES; TRANSIENT GROWTH; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; VARIABLE VISCOSITY;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 59649088428     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3068760     Document Type: Article

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