Scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 377-397

  Mininni, Pablo D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

isotropy; magnetohydrodynamics; modeling; simulation; universality

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTING POWER; DECAYING TURBULENCE; DIFFERENT SCALE; DYNAMO ACTION; HYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; ISOTROPY; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC HELICITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE; MODELING; NONLOCAL; SCALE INTERACTIONS; SHELL-TO-SHELL TRANSFERS; SIMULATION; SMALL SCALE; UNIVERSALITY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

TURBULENCE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DAMPING; GEODYNAMO; ISOTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 79951966254     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122109-160748     Document Type: Article

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