Simulations of turbulent channels with prescribed velocity profiles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 723, Issue , 2013, Pages 587-603

  Tuerke, Florian ^a,b,d   Jiménez, Javier ^b,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

turbulent boundary layers; turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

ENERGY EQUILIBRIUM; FRICTION VELOCITY; LOGARITHMIC LAYERS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT CHANNELS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

SHEAR FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 84880321030     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.143     Document Type: Article

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