Transport of passive scalar in turbulent shear flow under a clean or surfactant-contaminated free surface

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 670, Issue , 2011, Pages 527-557

  Khakpour, Hamid R ^a   Shen, Lian ^a,b   Yue, Dick K P ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

interfacial flows (free surface); shear layer turbulence; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

INTERFACIAL FLOW (FREE SURFACE); SHEAR LAYER; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES; TURBULENT MIXING; TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS;

SHEAR FLOW;

FREE SURFACE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACTANT; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 79952745088     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211201000546X     Document Type: Article

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