Spectral and evolutionary analysis of advection-diffusion equations and the shear flow paradigm

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 363-388

  Thyagaraja, A ^a   Loureiro, N ^b   Knight, P J ^a  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TOKAMAK DEVICES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ADVECTIVE EFFECTS; PHASE MIXING; WAVE NUMBERS;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 0348163730     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377802002040     Document Type: Article

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