The pirouette effect in turbulent flows

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 709-712

  Xu, Haitao ^a   Pumir, Alain ^b   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^a,c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENT FLOW;

ACCRETION PROCESS; AXIS OF ROTATION; LAGRANGIAN FRAMES; PROTOPLANETARY DISKS; SMALL-SCALE GENERATIONS; STRETCHING DIRECTION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TRANSPORT OF PARTICLES;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 80052488902     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2010     Document Type: Article

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