Numerical experiments on the interaction between the large- And small-scale motions of the Navier-stokes equations

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-149

  Henshaw, William D ^a,b   Kreiss, Heinz Otto ^c   Yström, Jacob ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burgers' equation; Large small scales; Navier stokes equations; Stability; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FOURIER SERIES; TURBULENCE; VISCOUS FLOW;

BURGERS' EQUATIONS; DISSIPATIVE STRUCTURE; ENERGY ESTIMATES; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SMALL SCALE; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 6344267210     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902406240     Document Type: Article

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