On the behavior of velocity gradient tensor invariants in direct numerical simulations of turbulence

DOI10.1063/1.858828zbMath0794.76044OpenAlexW1983676474MaRDI QIDQ4271387

Brian J. Cantwell

Publication date: 29 August 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.858828

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attractorEuler systemhomogeneous casekinetic energy dissipation

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• Exact solution of a restricted Euler equation for the velocity gradient tensor
• On the Lundgren–Townsend model of turbulent fine scales
• The three-dimensional evolution of a plane mixing layer: pairing and transition to turbulence

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