The kinetic energy spectrum of the two-dimensional enstrophy turbulence cascade

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 945-947

  Lindborg, Erik ^a   Alvelius, Krister ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0034115058     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870379     Document Type: Article

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