A rational model for the turbulent scalar fluxes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2054, 2005, Pages 575-594

  Younis, Bassam A ^a   Speziale, Charles G ^b   Clark, Timothy T ^c  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Tensor representation; Turbulence closures; Turbulent scalar fluxes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 17144374498     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1380     Document Type: Article

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