On higher order passive scalar structure functions in grid turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4012-4019

  Gylfason, Armann ^a   Warhaft, Zellman ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN SIZE; CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; SCALAR STRUCTURE FUNCTION;

WIND TUNNELS;

PHYSICS;

EID: 8844259794     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790472     Document Type: Article

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36. n increases linearly with n at high orders. More work is required to determine the effects of varying the scalar signal pdf on the scalar structure function exponents.