Three-dimensional conditional structure of a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 673, Issue , 2011, Pages 255-285

  Hutchins, N ^a   Monty, J P ^a   Ganapathisubramani, B ^b   Ng, H C H ^a   Marusic, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN FRICTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION; FRICTION FLUCTUATION; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; SHEAR-STRESS SENSORS; SMALL-SCALE VELOCITY; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79956007395     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006245     Document Type: Article

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