Similarity scaling of acceleration and pressure statistics in numerical simulations of isotropic turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1208-1220

  Vedula, Prakash ^a   Yeung, P K ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0000409156     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869893     Document Type: Article

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