Does the tracer gradient vector align with the strain eigenvectors in 2D turbulence?

DOI10.1063/1.870234zbMath1149.76445OpenAlexW2013650966MaRDI QIDQ3543974

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Publication date: 5 December 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/ef343a96536052e4bbaa9e898efd6965dbef2de2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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