Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent Ekman layer: Instantaneous flow structures

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-318

  Waggy, Scott ^a   Marlatt, Stuart ^a,b   Biringen, Sedat ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b United Launch Alliance LLC   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AVERAGE SIZE; EKMAN LAYERS; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; MEAN SHEAR; TWO-POINT; TWO-POINT CORRELATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955368097     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.50858     Document Type: Article

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