A simple model for the streamwise fluctuations in the log-law region of a boundary layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Davidson, P A ^a   Krogstad, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTICITY;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; SECOND ORDER STRUCTURE; SHEAR VELOCITIES; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TWO POINT STATISTICS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 66949111437     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3140075     Document Type: Article

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