Two-point, two-time closures applied to forced isotropic turbulence

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 317, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 487-508

  McComb, W D ^a   Quinn, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotropic turbulence; Statistical closure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERROR ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037437782     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01338-9     Document Type: Article

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