Self-consistent modeling of turbulence and transport

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-426

  Shestakov, A I ^c   Cohen, R H ^c   Crotinger, J A ^a   LoDestro, L L ^c   Tarditi, A ^b   Xu, Xu Q ^c  

^a Veterinary Emergency and Specialty   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING SCHEME; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; ONE DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING; STEADY STATE; TIME STEP; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT SYSTEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0037338172     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(02)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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