A method for characterising the sensitivity of turbulent flow fields to the structure of inlet turbulence

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-30

  Keylock, C J ^a   Tokyay, T E ^b   Constantinescu, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Gradual wavelet reconstruction; Large eddy simulations; Turbulence; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BENCHMARKING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HISTOGRAM; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECISION; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 83055193736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2011.636047     Document Type: Article

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