Passive Scalars in Turbulent Flows
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DOI10.1146/annurev.fluid.32.1.203zbMath0988.76042OpenAlexW2118411610MaRDI QIDQ4513944
Publication date: 14 July 2002
Published in: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fluid.32.1.203
spectrumprobability density functionintermittencyturbulent mixingKolmogorov cascade phenomenologypassive scalar behavior
Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02)
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