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Exp: Planar Turbulent Wake in Various Pressure Gradients
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The data on this page were provided by
Xiaofeng Liu of San Diego State University and Flint Thomas of Notre Dame University.
These experimental data of planar
turbulent wakes are from the following references:
- Liu, X., Thomas, F. O., Nelson, R. C., "An Experimental Investigation of the Planar Turbulent
Wake in Constant Pressure Gradient," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 14, No. 8, 2002, pp. 2817-2838,
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1490349.
- Thomas, F. O., Liu, X., "An Experimental Investigation of Symmetric and Asymmetric Turbulent
Wake Development in Pressure Gradient," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 16, No. 5, 2004, pp. 1725-1745,
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1687410.
- Liu, X., Thomas, F. O., "Measurement of the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget of a Planar Wake
Flow in Pressure Gradients," Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 37, 2004, pp. 469-482,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-004-0813-3.
- Liu, X., Thomas, F. O., "Measurement of the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget of a Planar Wake
Flow in Pressure Gradients," (errata) Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 37, 2004, pp. 773,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-004-0871-6.
The data for mean flow and
turbulence in symmetric wakes are given in the following file:
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