A predictive inner-outer model for streamwise turbulence statistics in wall-bounded flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 681, Issue , 2011, Pages 537-566

  Mathis, Romain ^a   Hutchins, Nicholas ^a   Marusic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

boundary layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT FLOWS; LOGARITHMIC REGIONS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; WALL BOUNDED FLOWS; WALL-BOUNDED TURBULENT FLOWS; ZERO PRESSURE GRADIENT FLOWS; ZERO-PRESSURE-GRADIENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 80052146874     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.216     Document Type: Article

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