Experimental study of spectral energy fluxes in turbulence generated by a fractal, tree-like object

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Bai, Kunlun ^a   Meneveau, Charles ^a,b   Katz, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; FRACTALS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

BRANCH CLUSTERS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EQUIVALENT LENGTH; FILTERING FRAMEWORK; INJECTION RATES; LIQUID CHANNELS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SPECTRAL ENERGY;

KINETICS;

EID: 84888780458     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4819351     Document Type: Article

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