Richardson's pair diffusion and the stagnation point structure of turbulence

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Davila J ^a   Vassilicos, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FRACTALS; KINEMATICS; TURBULENCE;

HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; RICHARDSON PAIR DIFFUSION; STAGNATION POINT STRUCTURE;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0242677518     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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