The relationship between the topological structures in turbulent flow and the distribution of a passive scalar with an imposed mean gradient

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 107-120

  O'Neill, Philippa ^a,b   Soria, Julio ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOLOGY; TURBULENCE;

APPLIED MEAN GRADIENT; SCHMIDT NUMBER; TAYLOR-REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; PASSIVE SCALAR; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 18444390575     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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