Turbulent mixing

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2005, Pages 329-356

  Dimotakis, Paul E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Entrainment; Reacting flow; Scalar dispersion; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER;

HIGH-RE MIXING PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR SCALE; SCHMIDT NUMBER FLUIDS; SPECIES DIFFUSION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 14544299228     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.36.050802.122015     Document Type: Review

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