Dispersion of particle pairs and decay of scalar fields in isotropic turbulence

DOI10.1063/1.1540634zbMath1185.76366OpenAlexW2006312387MaRDI QIDQ3556400

David J. Thomson

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1540634

zbMATH Keywords

critical exponentsturbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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