The structure and dynamics of vorticity and rate of strain in incompressible homogeneous turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 377, Issue , 1998, Pages 65-97

  Nomura, Keiko K ^a   Post, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN RATE; VORTEX FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032306444     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003024     Document Type: Article

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