Self-organization of decaying quasi-two-dimensional turbulence in stratified fluid in rectangular containers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 495, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-33

  Maassen, S R ^a   Clercx, H J H ^a   van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW VELOCITY; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DECAY; FLOW FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0347662274     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006062     Document Type: Article

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