Experimental study of the fine-scale structure of conserved scalar mixing in turbulent shear flows. Part 1. Sc ≫ 1

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 317, Issue , 1996, Pages 21-71

  Buch, Kenneth A ^a,b   Dahm, Werner J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

TURBULENT FLOW;

MIXING; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURE; TURBULENT;

EID: 0030153090     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000651     Document Type: Article

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