ON THE RELATION BETWEEN STATISTICS OF SCALAR AND VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS IN DEVELOPED TURBULENCE

Authors
PEINKE J CASTAING B
Citation
J. Peinke et B. Castaing, ON THE RELATION BETWEEN STATISTICS OF SCALAR AND VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS IN DEVELOPED TURBULENCE, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 49(9), 1994, pp. 831-834
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical",Physics
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320784
Volume
49
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
831 - 834
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0784(1994)49:9<831:OTRBSO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
For a developed turbulence it is shown how the statistics of a passive scalar, namely the probability density function of the temperature, c an be related to the velocity intermittency. The results are compared with recent experimental findings on a grid-generated turbulence.