Similarity of the streamwise velocity component in very-rough-wall channel flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 668, Issue , 2011, Pages 174-201

  Birch, David M ^a,b   Morrison, Jonathan F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pipe flow boundary layer; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; MESH GENERATION; QUAY WALLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; WAKES;

MEAN VELOCITY PROFILES; NON-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PIPE FLOW BOUNDARY LAYERS; SPANWISE CORRELATION; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS; VELOCITY CORRELATIONS;

WALL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 79951673222     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004647     Document Type: Article

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