Fluctuations in passive scalar concentration convected by a helical flow in a conducting fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1631-1642

  Zimmerman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW; HELICAL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; GAS CLOUDS; HARTLEY TRANSFORMS; HELICAL FLOW; LAGRANGIAN CHAOS; MICROSCALE MIXING; PASSIVE SCALAR CONCENTRATION; STRIATIONS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 0030153070     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868936     Document Type: Article

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