Forcing large-scale coherent streaks in a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-13

  Pujals, Gregory ^a,b   Cossu, Carlo ^a,c   Depardon, Sebastien ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Optimal perturbations; Streaks; Turbulent boundary layer

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77955374017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2010.494607     Document Type: Article

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