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avis November 12, 2004 04:45

Vorticity and Turbulence intensity
 
Somebody can explain me clearly the difference between vorticity and turbulence intensity?

Thanks

Rami November 14, 2004 06:42

Re: Vorticity and Turbulence intensity
 
avis,

The vorticity vector is defined as 1/2*curl(u), where u is the velocity vector.

The turbulence intensity is the ratio of the turbulent kinetic energy, k, to the average turbulent energy.


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