Coherent Structures in Rotating Three-Dimensional Turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 273, Issue , 1994, Pages 1-29

  MÉtais, Olivier ^b   Lesieur, Marcel ^b  

^a Recherche en Prévision Numérique environnementale Environnement Canada   (Canada)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROTATION; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; COHERENT VORTICES; HYPERVISCOSITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATION; PERIODIC PSEUDO SPECTRAL SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0028480913     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112094001837     Document Type: Article

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