On the characteristics of vortex filaments in isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 373, Issue , 1998, Pages 255-285

  Jiménez, Javier ^a,b   Wray, Alan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX FILAMENTS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032181140     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002341     Document Type: Article

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