Universality and anisotropy in passive scalar fluctuations in turbulence with uniform mean gradient

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-27

  Gotoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   Suzuki, Yuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Passive scalar; Scaling exponent; Turbulence; Universality

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 83055163458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2011.631926     Document Type: Article

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