On intermittency and the physical thickness of turbulent fluid interfaces

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 540, Issue , 2005, Pages 39-48

  Aguirre, Roberto C ^a   Catrakis, Haris J ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

INTERFACIAL THICKNESS; PHYSICAL THICKNESS; SCALAR GRADIENT; TURBULENT FLUID INTERFACES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID INTERFACE; FLUID MECHANICS; THICKNESS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 26944443791     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006099     Document Type: Article

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