Variations on Kolmogorov flow: Turbulent energy dissipation and mean flow profiles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 670, Issue , 2011, Pages 204-213

  Rollin, B ^a   Dubief, Y ^b   Doering, C R ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Navier Stokes equations; turbulence modelling; variational methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

DISSIPATION FACTORS; FINITE REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEAN FLOW PROFILES; TURBULENT EDDY VISCOSITIES; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION; TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS; UPPER BOUND ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 79952760564     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006294     Document Type: Article

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