Examination of hypotheses in the Kolmogorov refined turbulence theory through high-resolution simulations. Part 2. Passive scalar field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 400, Issue , 1999, Pages 163-197

  Wang, Lian Ping ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^b   Brasseur, James G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 0001243898     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099006448     Document Type: Article

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