On the Lagrangian nature of the turbulence energy cascade

DOI10.1063/1.868170zbMath0828.76038OpenAlexW2073008171MaRDI QIDQ4841946

Charles Meneveau, Thomas S. Lund

Publication date: 24 July 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.868170

zbMATH Keywords

scale separationdirect numerical simulationscharacteristic length reductionLagrangian correlation coefficientlocal eddy-turnover time scalelocal kinetic energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05)

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