Geometric study of Lagrangian and Eulerian structures in turbulent channel flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 674, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-92

  Yang, Yue ^a   Pullin, D I ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary layer structure; turbulence theory; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; GEOMETRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OBJECT DETECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; MIRROR-EXTENDED CURVELET TRANSFORMS; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; MULTI-SCALE AND MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; TURBULENCE THEORY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS;

WALL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79956033502     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006427     Document Type: Article

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