The structure and the small-scale intermittency of passive scalars in homogeneous turbulence

DOI10.1007/BF02087964zbMath0840.76022OpenAlexW1977838970MaRDI QIDQ1908500

R. S. Miller, Peyman Givi, Farhad A. Jaberi, Cyrus K. Madnia

Publication date: 4 July 1996

Published in: Journal of Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02087964

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationsprobability density functionsasymptotic stateapproximate Gaussian distributionLangevin transport equationmean scalar gradient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05)

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