The three-dimensional structure of momentum transfer in turbulent channels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 694, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-130

  Lozano Durán, Adrián ^a   Flores, Oscar ^b   Jiménez, Javier ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

turbulence simulation; turbulent boundary layers; turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

LARGE STRUCTURES; LOGARITHMIC LAYERS; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 84857620937     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.524     Document Type: Article

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