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Shear Flows

Shear Flow is a type of fluid motion characterized by a velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow, distinguishing it from uniform or potential flows by the presence of significant shear stress due to viscous effects.

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Progress in the development of a Reynolds-stress turbulence closure

B. E. Launder, Gordon Reece, W. Rodi · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1975 · 4K citations

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The structure of turbulent shear flow

Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1956 · 3.8K citations

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The lift on a small sphere in a slow shear flow

P. G. Saffman · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1965 · 3.3K citations

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Development of turbulence models for shear flows by a double expansion technique

Victor Yakhot, Steven A. Orszag, S. Thangam et al. · Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics · 1992 · 2.8K citations

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Eddies, streams, and convergence zones in turbulent flows

J. C. R. Hunt, A. A. Wray, Parviz Moin · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 1988 · 2.2K citations

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    P. H. Diamond

    University of California San Diego, United States

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    G. D. Chagelishvili

    Evgeni Kharadze Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia

    15 publications · 547 citations

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    Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

    Yale University, United States

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Bruno Eckhardt

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    12 publications · 844 citations

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    John W. Miles

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    11 publications · 4.2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

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    114 publications

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  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

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  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    28 h-index

    76 publications

    11.1K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

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    London, United Kingdom

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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  2. Physics of Fluids

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 48 publications · 4.5K citations

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