Does the tracer gradient vector align with the strain eigenvectors in 2D turbulence?

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3729-3737

  Lapeyre, G ^a   Klein, P ^a   Hua, B L ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

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EID: 0000141988     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870234     Document Type: Article

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