Investigation of turbulent boundary layer over forward-facing step via direct numerical simulation

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-294

  Hattori, Hirofumi ^a   Nagano, Yasutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Forward facing step; Turbulent boundary layer; Turbulent structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION PHENOMENA; INLET BOUNDARY LAYER; MOMENTUM THICKNESS; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; STEP HEIGHT; TURBULENCE MOTION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT STATISTICS; TURBULENT STRUCTURE; TURBULENT STRUCTURES;

ABERRATIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FACINGS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953223464     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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