Evolution of the velocity-gradient tensor in a spatially developing turbulent flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 756, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-292

  Gomes Fernandes, R ^a   Ganapathisubramani, B ^b   Vassilicos, J C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

turbulence theory; turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; STRAIN RATE; TENSORS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; SECOND ORDER STRUCTURE; STEREOSCOPIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STRAIN RATE TENSORS; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE THEORY;

VELOCITY;

COMPRESSION; EIGENVALUE; FLOW VELOCITY; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84906860568     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.452     Document Type: Article

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