Exploratory numerical experiments on the differences between genuine and "pTssive" turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3514-3531

  Tsinober, A ^a   Galanti, B ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFUSION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DIFFUSIVITY; VORTICITY;

TURBULENCE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SCALAR; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0344467458     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1616033     Document Type: Article

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