Philip Geoffrey Saffman
Abstract
The results of a heuristic model of the fine scale structure of homogeneous turbulence are presented. Predictions are made about the way in which flatness and skewness factors of arbitrary order depend upon the Reynolds number of the turbulence.
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The results of a heuristic model of the fine scale structure of homogeneous turbulence are presented. Predictions are made about the way in which flatness and skewness factors of arbitrary order depend upon the Reynolds number of the turbulence.
Key concepts: Turbulence, Reynolds stress equation model, Reynolds number, Homogeneous isotropic turbulence, Flatness (cosmology), Reynolds decomposition, Skewness, Isotropy