Experimental evidence of rapid relaxation to large-scale structures in turbulent fluids: Selective decay and maximal entropy

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 57, Issue PART 1, 1997, Pages 203-229

  Brown, Michael R ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; PLASMAS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030647946     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377896005211     Document Type: Article

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