Three-point statistics and the anisotropy of a turbulent passive scalar

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2885-2894

  Mydlarski, L ^a,b   Warhaft, Z ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001336253     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869809     Document Type: Article

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