Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent boundary layer over a cube-roughened wall

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 669, Issue , 2011, Pages 397-431

  Lee, Jae Hwa ^a   Sung, Hyung Jin ^a   Krogstad, Per Åge ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

boundary layer structure; turbulence simulation; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUAY WALLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; LINEAR STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION; SPATIALLY DEVELOPING TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 79952814335     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010005082     Document Type: Article

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