Higher-order derivative correlations and the alignment of small-scale structures in isotropic numerical turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112085001136zbMath0587.76080MaRDI QIDQ3714732

Robert M. Kerr

Publication date: 1985

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

zbMATH Keywords

vorticityperiodic boundary conditionsthree-dimensional simulationfourth-order velocity-derivative correlationshigher-order derivative correlationsKolmogorov variablesrate-of-strainscalar-derivative flatnessscalar-gradient fieldssteady-state turbulenceVelocity spectravelocity- and mixed-derivative skewnessesvelocity-derivative flatness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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