The dissipation rate coefficient of turbulence is not universal and depends on the internal stagnation point structure

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Goto, Susumu ^a   Vassilicos, J C ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DISSIPATION RATES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; EXTERNAL FORCE; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; MEAN DISTANCES; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; NONUNIVERSALITY; STAGNATION POINTS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 64249152002     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3085721     Document Type: Article

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