The effect of inflow conditions on the transition to turbulence in large eddy simulations of spatially developing mixing layers

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1054-1066

  McMullan, W A ^a   Gao, S ^a   Coats, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflow conditions; Large Eddy Simulation; Mixing layer; Transition

Indexed keywords

BLASIUS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW STATISTICS; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT FUNCTION; INFLOW CONDITIONS; INFLOW PROFILE; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MIXING LAYERS; TRANSITION LOCATIONS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING LAYERS; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 71549134590     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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