Reynolds number dependence of relative dispersion statistics in isotropic turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Sawford, Brian L ^a   Yeung, P K ^b   Hackl, Jason F ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EXTRAPOLATION;

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; CUBE ROOTS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; MEAN-SQUARE SEPARATION; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RICHARDSON CONSTANT;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 47149115291     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2946442     Document Type: Article

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