The anatomy of the mixing transition in homogeneous and stratified free shear layers
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Publication:4506151
DOI10.1017/S0022112000008284zbMath0982.76050OpenAlexW2041127576MaRDI QIDQ4506151
W. R. Peltier, C. P. Caulfield
Publication date: 8 April 2002
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008284
turbulencemixing transitionhomogeneous free shear layerstratified free shear layersstreamwise vortex streakthree-dimensional direct numerical simulationtwo-dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz billow
Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Transition to turbulence (76F06) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)
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