Fourth-order statistical moments of the velocity gradient tensor in homogeneous, isotropic turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3434-3442

  Hierro, Juan ^a   Dopazo, Ćesar ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

TURBULENCE;

ALGORITHM; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY GRADIENT; VORTICITY;

EID: 0344036327     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1613648     Document Type: Article

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