Is grid turbulence Saffman turbulence?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 373-394

  Krogstad, P A ^a   Davidson, P A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homogeneous; Theory

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ENERGY DISSIPATION; WIND TUNNELS;

ENERGY DECAY RATES; ENERGY DISSIPATION COEFFICIENT; GRID TURBULENCE; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; TEMPORAL DECAY; THEORY;

TURBULENCE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 76349110526     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991807     Document Type: Article

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