Joint statistics of the scalar gradient and the velocity gradient in turbulence using linear diffusion models

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Martín, Jesús ^a   Dopazo, César ^a   Valiño, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN RATE;

LINEAR DIFFUSION MODELS; SCALAR GRADIENT; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSION; MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 23944486181     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1850095     Document Type: Article

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