Scalar dissipation rate and dissipative anomaly in isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 532, Issue , 2005, Pages 199-216

  Donzis, D A ^a,c   Sreenivasan, K R ^a,b   Yeung, P K ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; SCALAR DISSIPATION RATE; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 21344464206     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004039     Document Type: Article

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