Rapid distortion theory and the ‘problems’ of turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112090002075zbMath0692.76054MaRDI QIDQ3035033

D. J. Carruthers, Julian C. R. Hunt

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Rapid distortion theory; rapidly changing turbulent flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76F99: Turbulence

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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