Free decay of turbulence and breakdown of self-similarity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 477-479

  Eyink, Gregory L ^a   Thomson, David J ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034128746     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870279     Document Type: Article

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