Orderly flow structures in grid-generated turbulence with background rotation Export

@article{citeulike:1394862, abstract = {An experimental study of orderly flow structures in turbulence with background rotation is presented. Experiments are performed on grid-generated turbulent flows of water filling a rotating tank. Flow velocity fields are visualized using a tracer-particle technique and measured using a laser Doppler velocimeter. Six types of orderly flow structures are found to depend on the Rossby and Reynolds numbers. The effect of the background rotation on the mean circumferential velocity, turbulence intensity and wavenumber spectrum of the flow is investigated. When the Rossby number is small, the variations of the mean velocity and turbulence intensity with depth are kept small, and the deviation of the wavenumber spectrum from the -5/3 law is noticeable.}, author = {Sugihara, Y. and Migita, M. and Honji, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {1394862}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ7-4DR1GJY-1/2/bc1676f0e15d17ad6bb7e481fff82505}, journal = {Fluid Dynamics Research}, keywords = {entrainment, grid, rotation}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {23--34}, posted-at = {2007-06-17 09:33:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Orderly flow structures in grid-generated turbulence with background rotation}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ7-4DR1GJY-1/2/bc1676f0e15d17ad6bb7e481fff82505}, volume = {36}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1394862 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1394862 N2 - An experimental study of orderly flow structures in turbulence with background rotation is presented. Experiments are performed on grid-generated turbulent flows of water filling a rotating tank. Flow velocity fields are visualized using a tracer-particle technique and measured using a laser Doppler velocimeter. Six types of orderly flow structures are found to depend on the Rossby and Reynolds numbers. The effect of the background rotation on the mean circumferential velocity, turbulence intensity and wavenumber spectrum of the flow is investigated. When the Rossby number is small, the variations of the mean velocity and turbulence intensity with depth are kept small, and the deviation of the wavenumber spectrum from the -5/3 law is noticeable. IS - 1 JF - Fluid Dynamics Research EP - 34 TI - Orderly flow structures in grid-generated turbulence with background rotation VL - 36 SP - 23 KW - entrainment KW - grid KW - rotation AU - Sugihara, Y AU - Migita, M AU - Honji, H PY - 2005/01// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ7-4DR1GJY-1/2/bc1676f0e15d17ad6bb7e481fff82505 ER -