Intermittency and scaling of pressure at small scales in forced isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 396, Issue , 1999, Pages 257-285

  Gotoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Rogallo, Robert S ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001253110     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099005972     Document Type: Article

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