The diffusive strip method for scalar mixing in two dimensions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 662, Issue , 2010, Pages 134-172

  Meunier, P ^a   Villermaux, E ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

chaotic advection; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONVOLUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MIXING;

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; BUILDING COMPLEXES; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CONVECTION DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; RANDOM MULTIPLICATIVE PROCESS; SCALAR CONCENTRATION; TURBULENT MIXING;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ADVECTION; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; TURBULENT MIXING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 78649964366     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003162     Document Type: Article

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