Velocity-Gradient Dynamics in Turbulence: Effect of Viscosity and Forcing

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 421-432

  Jeong, Eunhwan ^a   Girimaji, Sharath S ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

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EID: 0042261113     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-002-0084-7     Document Type: Article

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