Quasi-two-dimensional properties of a single shallow-water vortex with high initial Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 665, Issue , 2010, Pages 274-299

  Seol, D G ^a,b   Jirka, G H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

shear layer turbulence; vortex dynamics; vortex instability

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG REDUCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY;

ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED DATA; HORIZONTAL DIFFUSIONS; LARGE-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SHEAR LAYER; TURBULENT ENERGY TRANSFER; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW STRUCTURE; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTICITY;

EID: 79951678157     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003915     Document Type: Article

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