COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS ON THE PASSIVE SCALAR FLUX WITHIN HOMOGENEOUSTURBULENCE

Authors
BLAISDELL GA MANSOUR NN REYNOLDS WC
Citation
Ga. Blaisdell et al., COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS ON THE PASSIVE SCALAR FLUX WITHIN HOMOGENEOUSTURBULENCE, Physics of fluids, 6(10), 1994, pp. 3498-3500
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,"Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of fluids → ACNP
ISSN journal
10706631
Volume
6
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3498 - 3500
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-6631(1994)6:10<3498:CEOTPS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Compressibility effects on turbulent transport of a passive scalar are studied within homogeneous turbulence using a kinematic decomposition of the velocity field into solenoidal and dilatational parts. It is f ound that the dilatational velocity does not produce a passive scalar flux, and that all of the passive scalar flux is due to the solenoidal velocity.