Decay of isotropic turbulence: Fixed points and solutions for nonconstant G∼Rλ palinstrophy

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3487-3490

  Ristorcelli, J R ^a   Livescu, D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; WIND TUNNELS;

PALINSTROPHY COEFFICIENT; TAYLOR MICROSCALE DECAY;

TURBULENCE;

FLUID MECHANICS; ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 4544225526     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1772671     Document Type: Article

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