Linear non-normal energy amplification of harmonic and stochastic forcing in the turbulent channel flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 664, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-73

  Hwang, Yongyun ^a   Cossu, Carlo ^a,b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

turbulence theory; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COHERENT PERTURBATION; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; LINEARIZED EQUATIONS; OPTIMAL PERTURBATION; TURBULENCE THEORY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; WALL-BOUNDED TURBULENT FLOWS;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMPLIFICATION; CHANNEL FLOW; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 78649914128     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003629     Document Type: Article

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