Momentum and scalar transport at the turbulent/non-turbulent interface of a jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 631, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-230

  Westerweel, J ^a   Fukushima, C ^b   Pedersen, J M ^c   Hunt, J C R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOMENTUM; NOZZLES; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SCALAR TRANSPORT EQUATION; SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

VELOCITY;

DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; ENTRAINMENT; JET; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WAKE;

EID: 69749106381     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006600     Document Type: Article

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