The length-scale distribution function of the distance between extremal points in passive scalar turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 554, Issue , 2006, Pages 457-475

  Wang, Lipo ^a   Peters, Norbert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRADIENT METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXTREMAL POINTS; GRID POINT; LENGTH-SCALE DISTRIBUTION; PASSIVE SCALAR TURBULENCE; SCALAR GRADIENTS;

TURBULENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRADIENT METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33646047430     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006009128     Document Type: Article

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