Spatial development of a turbulent boundary layer subjected to freestream turbulence
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- 25 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Abstract
The spatial development of a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) subjected to freestream turbulence (FST) is investigated experimentally in a water channel for friction Reynolds numbers up to , but that the level of FST and the evolution of the two flows must also be considered.Keywords
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