Saltating particles in a turbulent boundary layer: Experiment and theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 625, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-74

  Creyssels, M ^a   Dupont, P ^b   El moctar, A Ould ^a   Valance, Alexandre ^a   Cantat, I ^a,c   Jenkins, J T ^a,c   Pasini, J M ^c,e   Rasmussen, K R ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSA DE RENNES   (France)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

LOGARITHMIC PROFILES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; SALTATING PARTICLES; THRESHOLD SPEED; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE MOTION; SALTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67650892216     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008005491     Document Type: Article

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