On the decay of Saffman turbulence subject to rotation, stratification or an imposed magnetic field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 663, Issue , 2010, Pages 268-292

  Davidson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

homogeneous turbulence; rotating turbulence; turbulence theory

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

AXISYMMETRIC TURBULENCE; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; LIMITED DATA SETS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; ROTATING TURBULENCE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TURBULENCE THEORY; UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS;

TURBULENCE;

DATA SET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 78649971674     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003496     Document Type: Article

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