Turbulence-induced steady streaming in an oscillating boundary layer: On the reliability of turbulence closure models

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 290-304

  Cavallaro, Luca ^a   Scandura, Pietro ^b   Foti, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Sea wave; Steady streaming; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR FREQUENCIES; CONSTANT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MODEL RESULTS; OSCILLATING BOUNDARIES; OSCILLATING PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; REYNOLDS STRESS; SEA WAVES; STEADY STREAMING; STREAMWISE VELOCITY; TIME DEVELOPMENT; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER WAVES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASYMMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79851512751     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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