Decay of turbulence generated by a square-fractal-element grid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 741, Issue , 2014, Pages 567-584

  Hearst, R J ^a   Lavoie, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homogeneous turbulence; Isotropic turbulence; Turbulence theory

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TURBULENCE;

FRACTAL ELEMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; MEASUREMENT RANGE; POWER LAW DECAY; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENCE THEORY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

FRACTALS;

ANISOTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; POWER LAW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84902129244     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.684     Document Type: Article

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