Closure of two-dimensional turbulence: The role of pressure gradients

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Boffetta, G ^a   Cencini, M ^b,c   Davoudi, J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSORS;

CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS FLUIDS; METHOD OF PLANES (MOP); PRESSURE TENSORS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 41349102717     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.017301     Document Type: Article

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