An exact criterion for the stirring properties of nearly two-dimensional turbulence

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-110

  Hua, B L ^a   Klein, P ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

2 D turbulence; Lagrangian accelerations; Particle dispersion; Pressure Hessian; Tracer gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244489096     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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