Three-dimensionalization of freely-decaying two-dimensional turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2918-2932

  Ngan, K ^a   Straub, D N ^a   Bartello, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HYPERBOLIC INSTABILITY; MIXING LAYERS; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

TURBULENCE;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 4344580101     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1763191     Document Type: Article

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