Spectral nonequilibrium in a turbulent mixing layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2425-2433

  Wilson, Peter ^a,b   Andrews, Malcolm ^b   Harlow, Francis ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TURBULENT MIXING LAYER;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032608184     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870103     Document Type: Article

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