Scalar intermittency in the variational theory of turbulence

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(94)90223-2zbMath0814.76051OpenAlexW2030328166MaRDI QIDQ1341828

Bernard Castaing

Publication date: 22 June 1995

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(94)90223-2

zbMATH Keywords

probability density functionpower lawlog-normal distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Turbulence (76F99)

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