A similarity theory of locally homogeneous and isotropic turbulence generated by a Smagorinsky-type LES

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 325, Issue , 1996, Pages 239-260

  Muschinski, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

KOLMOGOROV COEFFICIENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE KNUDSEN NUMBER; SIMILARITY THEORIES; SMAGORINSKY COEFFICIENT; SMAGORINSKY FLUID; TURBULENCE MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030263539     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096008105     Document Type: Article

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