On the dual cascade in two-dimensional turbulence

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 242-255

  Tran, Chuong V ^a   Bowman, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual cascade; Energy spectra; Forced dissipative equilibrium; Two dimensional turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037367621     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00771-6     Document Type: Article

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