Laws for third-order moments in homogeneous anisotropic incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-194

  Podesta, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; VECTOR SPACES;

ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; DISSIPATION RATES; HOMOGENEOUS AND ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; INCOMPRESSIBLE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; NON-ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; STATISTICAL ISOTROPY; THIRD ORDER MOMENT;

TURBULENCE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENCE; VECTOR;

EID: 48849101510     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008002280     Document Type: Article

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