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J. Phys. II France
Volume 5, Number 5, May 1995
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| Page(s) | 745 - 752 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1995162 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1995162
J. Phys. II France 5 (1995) 745-752
Department of Theoretical and Applied mechanics, 216 Talbot Laboratory, 104 S. Wrigth St., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A.
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J. Phys. II France 5 (1995) 745-752
Application of Renormalization Group Method in Thermally Stratified Turbulent Flows
D.N. RiahiDepartment of Theoretical and Applied mechanics, 216 Talbot Laboratory, 104 S. Wrigth St., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A.
(Received 28 October 1994, revised 9 January 1995, accepted 19 January 1995)
Abstract
Renormalization group theory is applied to stratified turbulence. Various results due to nonlinearities, buoyancy and reference
temperature gradient
S0 are reported for cases where
|S0| is uniform and sufficiently large. The main result is that the imposition of strong stratification leads to a new renormalization
group fixed point and a (
-3) law for the energy spectrum.
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