Axially homogeneous, zero mean flow buoyancy-driven turbulence in a vertical pipe

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 621, Issue , 2009, Pages 69-102

  Cholemari, Murali R ^a   Arakeri, Jaywant H ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUOYANCY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN TURBULENCE; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION; VELOCITY CORRELATIONS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 65549098814     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004254     Document Type: Article

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