A critical-layer framework for turbulent pipe flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 658, Issue , 2010, Pages 336-382

  McKeon, B J ^a   Sharma, A S ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundary layer receptivity; boundary layer structure; critical layers; pipe flow boundary layer; turbulence theory; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY-LAYER RECEPTIVITY; CRITICAL LAYER; PIPE FLOW BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENCE THEORY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW STABILITY; FLUID MECHANICS; NONLINEARITY; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77957139890     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211201000176X     Document Type: Article

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