A dynamical equation for the distribution of a scalar advected by turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Venaille, Antoine ^a   Sommeria, Joel ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMICAL EQUATION; SELF-CONVOLUTION PROCESS;

TURBULENCE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33847639712     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2472506     Document Type: Article

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