An experimental study of an axisymmetric turbulent pulsed air jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 631, Issue , 2009, Pages 23-63

  Choutapalli, I ^a,b,c   Krothapalli, A ^a,b   Arakeri, J H ^a,b,d  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; MOMENTUM; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; INCREASED MOMENTUMS; NEAR FLOW FIELDS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; PULSING FREQUENCIES; RANDOM COMPONENTS; RANDOM TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE PRODUCTIONS;

RINGS (COMPONENTS);

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLUID PRESSURE; JET FLOW; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 69649102750     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007009     Document Type: Article

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