Self-similarity of decaying two-dimensional turbulence

DOI10.1017/S002211209600835XzbMath0892.76030OpenAlexW2143062357MaRDI QIDQ4354535

Tom Warn, Peter Bartello

Publication date: 17 September 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211209600835x

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsenergy spectrumhyperviscosityBatchelor's similarity hypothesisinfinite enstrophy flowlow-order vorticity momentsone-point velocity distributionvorticity density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05)

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