Theoretical interpretation of coherent structures in near-wall turbulence

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kawahara, Genta ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER REGION; COHERENT STRUCTURE; DUCT FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; LOW-VELOCITY; NEAR-WALL; NEAR-WALL TURBULENCE; NEAR-WALL TURBULENT FLOWS; NONLINEAR EQUILIBRIUM; PERIODIC SOLUTION; REGENERATION CYCLES; STREAMWISE VORTICES; TURBULENCE STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TURBULENCE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76149121461     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0169-5983/41/6/064001     Document Type: Review

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