MODELING OF ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE IN RAPID ROTATION

A new model is proposed for the two-point correlation spectrum tensor in which the directional proper ties of the turbulent field can be con sidered in terms of the specific structural anisotropy tensor, This mo del was originally devised to deal with the effect of rotation on turb ulence, but more general closures can be derived from it, for inhomoge neous turbulence. Applications are described for flows between rotatin g disks, to illustrate the models capabilities.