An investigation of the dynamics of coherent structures in a turbulent channel flow with a vertical sidewall obstruction

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Koken, Mete ^a   Constantinescu, George ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; LARGE SCALE OSCILLATIONS; LARGE-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES; NONDIMENSIONAL PRESSURE; SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 70049096044     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3207859     Document Type: Article

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