A Lagrangian study of scalar diffusion in isotropic turbulence with chemical reaction

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3856-3866

  Mitarai, S ^a   Riley, J J ^a   Kosaly G ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; IGNITION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXTURES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

RE-IGNITION; SCALAR DIFFUSION;

TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLAME; ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0348146494     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1622950     Document Type: Article

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