The dynamics of unforced turbulence at high reynolds number for taylor-green vortices generalized to mhd

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 115-134

  Pouquet, A ^a,b   Lee, E ^a,c   Brachet, M E ^a,d   Mininni, P D ^a,e   Rosenberg, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alfv n waves; Current sheets folding; MHD; Symmetries; Turbulence; Universality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TIME; CURRENT SHEETS; CURRENT SHEETS FOLDING; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL TIME; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC RESISTIVITIES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS TURBULENCES; N-WAVES; NEUTRAL FLUIDS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TAYLOR-GREEN FLOW; TAYLOR-GREEN VORTEX; TAYLOR-REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WEAK TURBULENCE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TURBULENCE;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; VORTICITY;

EID: 77951075239     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920903304080     Document Type: Article

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