Kinetic theory and turbulent discontinuities
Abstract
Shock tube discontinuities were used to test and extend a kinetic theory of turbulence. In shock wave and contact surface fluctuations, coherent phenomena were found which provide new support for the microscopic nonempirical approach to turbulent systems, especially those with boundary layer-like instabilities.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- May 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981rsu..rept.....J
- Keywords:
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- Kinetic Theory;
- Light Beams;
- Shock Discontinuity;
- Shock Tubes;
- Turbulence;
- Cross Flow;
- Extinction;
- Orr-Sommerfeld Equations;
- Shear Flow;
- Unsteady Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer