Modeling nonequilibrium and history effects of homogeneous turbulence in a stably stratified medium

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Sommer, T P ^a   So, R M C ^b   Zhang, J ^c  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneous turbulence; Nonequilibrium; Vertical heat flux

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATION; HEAT FLUX; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW; TRANSPORT EQUATION; VERTICAL HEAT FLUX;

TURBULENT FLOW;

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031080550     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(96)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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