Field Monte Carlo formulation for calculating the probability density function of a single scalar in a turbulent flow

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-172

  Valiño, Luis ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

PARTIAL STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC FIELDS; TURBULENT COMBUSTION; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032228713     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009968902446     Document Type: Article

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