Decaying two-dimensional turbulence in square containers with no-slip or stress-free boundaries

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 611-626

  Clercx, H J H ^a   Maassen, S R ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002304433     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869933     Document Type: Article

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