Elementary models with probability distribution function intermittency for passive scalars with a mean gradient

DOI10.1063/1.1430736zbMath1184.76067OpenAlexW2006241348MaRDI QIDQ3555889

Andrew J. Majda, Anne Bourlioux

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/9b8960165695a4c054b65bd8a3134c32ce779a22

zbMATH Keywords

diffusionvelocityturbulenceturbulent diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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