Numerical investigation of the scalar probability density function distribution in neutral and stably stratified mixing layers

DOI10.1063/1.1352622zbMath1184.76112OpenAlexW2068155574MaRDI QIDQ3555427

Sanjoy Banerjee, Brian L. Smith, B. Sigg, A. B. Cortesi

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1352622

zbMATH Keywords

convectionprobabilityvorticesmixingflow simulationthermal conductivityflow instabilitystratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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