Decaying grid turbulence in a strongly stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 522, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-33

  Praud, Olivier ^a   Fincham, Adam M ^a,b   Sommeria, Joel ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b USC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TIME-RESOLVED VELOCITY FIELDS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

TURBULENCE;

FLUID MECHANICS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 13444293079     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200400120X     Document Type: Article

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