Homogenization theory for a replenishing passive scalar field

Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-644

  Kramer, Peter R ^a   Keating, Shane R ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Pumping; Source; Turbulent transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955646441     PISSN: 02529599     EISSN: 18606261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11401-009-0196-0     Document Type: Article

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