Comparison of large-scale amplitude modulation in turbulent boundary layers, pipes, and channel flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Mathis, Romain ^a   Monty, Jason P ^a   Hutchins, Nicholas ^a   Marusic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

EXTERNAL WALLS; LARGE SCALE MOTION; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MODULATION EFFECTS; NONLINEAR SCALE; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; ZERO-PRESSURE GRADIENT TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 76249104766     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3267726     Document Type: Letter

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