Turbulence structure in a boundary layer with two-dimensional roughness

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 635, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-101

  Volino, R J ^a   Schultz, M P ^a   Flack, K A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HAIRPIN VORTEX PACKETS; LINEAR STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ROUGHNESS; TWO-POINT CORRELATION; ZERO-PRESSURE-GRADIENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76249131232     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007617     Document Type: Article

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