Shear affects on passive scalar spectra

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 523, Issue , 2005, Pages 99-108

  Celani, A ^a,b   Cencini, M ^c   Vergassola, M ^d   Villermaux, E ^e   Vincenzi, D ^b,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLUID MECHANICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; ISOTROPIC FLOW; SHEAR EFFECTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 13844269372     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002332     Document Type: Article

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