The bottleneck effect and the Kolmogorov constant in isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 657, Issue , 2010, Pages 171-188

  Donzis, D A ^a   Sreenivasan, K R ^b,c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOTTLENECK EFFECTS; FINITE REYNOLDS NUMBER; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; KOLMOGOROV CONSTANT; POWER LAW BEHAVIOUR; SECOND ORDER STRUCTURE; TAYLOR-REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENERGY;

RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POWER LAW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77957168529     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010001400     Document Type: Article

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