Onset of turbulence in a regular porous medium: An experimental study

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Horton, N A ^a   Pokrajac, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; ONSET OF TURBULENCE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY PROFILERS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 65549143793     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3091944     Document Type: Article

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