Large-eddy simulation of three-dimensional dunes in a steady, unidirectional flow. Part 2. Flow structures

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 734, Issue , 2013, Pages 509-534

  Omidyeganeh, Mohammad ^a,b   Piomelli, Ugo ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geophysical and geological flows; river dynamics; turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW STRUCTURE; RIVERS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; RIVER DYNAMICS; SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TURBULENCE SIMULATION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

AMPLITUDE; DUNE; FLOW FIELD; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84907317376     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.499     Document Type: Article

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