Statistical equilibrium computations of coherent structures in turbulent shear layers

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1414-1433

  Turkington, Bruce ^a   Whitaker, Nathaniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum entropy states; Optimization method; Vorticity dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001702720     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827593251708     Document Type: Article

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