Regularity and singularity in solutions of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2121, 2010, Pages 2587-2604

  Gibbon, J D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Navier Stokes; Regularity

Indexed keywords

THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

FINITE INTERVALS; HIGHER MOMENTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; INTERMITTENCY; JUNCTION POINT; LENGTH SCALE; NAVIER STOKES; REGULARITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TIME AVERAGES; UPPER BOUND; VERTICAL WALL; VORTICITY FIELD;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77957198447     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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