Material deformation in a restricted Euler model for turbulent flows: Analytic solution and numerical tests

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Li, Yi ^a   Meneveau, Charles ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Flow simulation; Navier Stokes equations; Numerical analysis; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSORS; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; EULER MODEL; FLOW SIMULATION; NUMERICAL TESTS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DEFORMATION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSORS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33847795312     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2432913     Document Type: Article

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