Relative dispersion of a scalar plume in a turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 661, Issue , 2010, Pages 412-445

  Liao, Q ^a   Cowen, E A ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

mixing and dispersion; turbulent boundary layers; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRACERS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) REPRESENTATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT MIXING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DISPERSION; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PLUME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 78649920038     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003058     Document Type: Article

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