On the equilibrium states predicted by second moment models in rotating, stably stratified homogeneous shear flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3540-3556

  Ji, Minsuk ^a   Durbin, Paul A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TENSORS;

BIFURCATION ANALYSES; CLOSURE MODELS; SPANWISE ROTATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EQUILIBRIUM; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATING FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 7244251621     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1775806     Document Type: Article

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