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A Study of the Vortical Structure of the Turbulent Boundary Layer

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Advances in Turbulence

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One of the defining characteristics of turbulence is its rotational nature, but the determination of vorticity, the measurement of rotation, has been an elusive goal for experimental researchers. The severe requirements on spatial resolution and accuracy in estimating velocity differences make this type of measurement extremely difficult in typical turbulent flows. Innovations in hot-wire anemometry techniques, the appearance of new electronic circuitry and versatile minicomputers, the use of laser-doppler velocimetry and various optical methods have resulted in recent partially successful attempts to measure the vorticity field characteristics [1].

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    J.-L. Balint & J. M. Wallace

  2. University of Titograd, YU-81000, Titograd, Yugoslavia

    P. Vukoslaviĉević

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Balint, JL., Vukoslaviĉević, P., Wallace, J.M. (1987). A Study of the Vortical Structure of the Turbulent Boundary Layer. In: Comte-Bellot, G., Mathieu, J. (eds) Advances in Turbulence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83045-7_51

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