Turbulence structure in boundary layers over periodic two- and three-dimensional roughness

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 676, Issue , 2011, Pages 172-190

  Volino, Ralph J ^a   Schultz, Michael P ^a   Flack, Karen A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary layer structure; turbulent boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOMETRY; QUAY WALLS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS; ROUGHNESS SUBLAYERS; SPATIAL EXTENT; TRANSVERSE BARS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; FLOW STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 79959264612     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112011000383     Document Type: Article

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