Experiments on density-gradient anisotropies and scalar dissipation of turbulence in a stably stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 322, Issue , 1996, Pages 383-409

  Thoroddsen, S T ^a   Van Atta, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

DENSITY GRADIENT ANISOTROPY; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; MEAN SQUARE CROSS STREAM DENSITY GRADIENTS; SCALAR DISSIPATION; STRATIFIED FLUID; STREAMWISE DENSITY GRADIENTS;

TURBULENCE;

ANISOTROPY; DISSIPATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0030238311     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096002832     Document Type: Article

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