Temporal statistics in high Rayleigh number convective turbulence

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-442

  Camussi, R ^a   Verzicco, R ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH FADING; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

BOLGIANO SCALING; KOLMOGOROV BEHAVIOR; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TEMPORAL STATISTICS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 3042739081     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2003.10.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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