Influence of timescale ratio on scalar flux relaxation: modelling Sirivat & Warhaft's homogeneous passive scalar fluctuations

DOI10.1017/S002211208600201XzbMath0587.76081MaRDI QIDQ3714733

John L. Lumley, Tsan-Hsing Shih

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous scalar turbulenceinfluence of timescale ratiomean-scalar gradientsscalar flux equationscalar flux relaxationsecond-order modelling technique

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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