Very-large-scale motions in a turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 673, Issue , 2011, Pages 80-120

  Lee, Jae Hwa ^a   Sung, Hyung Jin ^a  

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

Author keywords

boundary layer structure; turbulence simulation; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; FEATURE EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; LINEAR STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTICITY;

EID: 79955998832     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211201000621X     Document Type: Article

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