Vortex dynamics in turbulence

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1998, Pages 31-51

  Pullin, D I ^a   Saffman, P G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay of turbulence; High Reynolds number

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542576685     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.30.1.31     Document Type: Article

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