Direct and large eddy simulations of stratified homogeneous shear flows

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 81-98

  Schumann, Ulrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

DISSIPATION RATE; EDDY SIMULATIONS; FLOW MODELLING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATIFIED SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITY TENSOR; TURBULENT VORTICITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

EID: 0029657436     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00423-8     Document Type: Article

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