Similarity of decaying isotropic turbulence with a passive scalar

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 505, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-151

  Antonia, R A ^a   Orlandi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VELOCITY;

DERIVATIVE SKEWNESS; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; WAVENUMBER;

TURBULENCE;

DECAY; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2442665039     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008456     Document Type: Article

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