Two-point velocity average of turbulence: Statistics and their implications

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Mouri, Hideaki ^a   Hori, Akihiro ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Meteorological and Environmental Sensing Technology Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; TURBULENCE;

FLATNESS FACTOR; LARGE SCALE MOTION; SCALE-BY-SCALE ENERGY BUDGETS; TWO-POINT; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE;

VELOCITY;

EID: 79251647916     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3504376     Document Type: Article

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