Direct numerical study of transport and anisotropy in a stably stratified turbulent flow with uniform horizontal shear

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 343-360

  Jacobitz, Frank ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; TURBULENT TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033697187     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009905502092     Document Type: Article

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