Multifractal subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation. I. Model development and a priori testing

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Burton, Gregory C ^a,b   Dahm, Werner J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; MULTIPLICATIVE CASCADE; SUBGRID ENERGY PRODUCTION; VORTICITY FIELDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 23044440156     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1965058     Document Type: Article

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