Turbulent flows are characterized by the non-linear cascades of energy and other inviscid
invariants across a huge range of scales, from where they are injected to where they are …

When discussing research in physics and in science more generally, it is common to ascribe
equal importance to the three components of the scientific trinity: theoretical, experimental …

The understanding of fluid turbulence has considerably progressed in recent years. The
application of the methods of statistical mechanics to the description of the motion of fluid …

The properties of the structure functions and other small-scale quantities in turbulent
Rayleigh-Bénard convection are reviewed, from an experimental, theoretical, and numerical …

High-resolution direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of incompressible homogeneous
turbulence in a periodic box with up to 4096 3 grid points were performed on the Earth …

Lars Onsager, a giant of twentieth-century science and the 1968 Nobel Laureate in
Chemistry, made deep contributions to several areas of physics and chemistry. Perhaps less …

Ethanol electrooxidation was investigated at platinum based electrodes: Pt, Pt—Sn, Pt—Re
dispersed on a high surface area carbon powder. The atomic composition of the bimetallic …

Fluid dynamics turbulence refers to the chaotic and unpredictable dynamics of flows.
Despite the fact that the equations governing the motion of fluids are known since more than …

The problem of anisotropy and its effects on the statistical theory of high Reynolds number
(Re) turbulence (and turbulent transport) is intimately related and intermingled with the …

Pressure fluctuations are an important ingredient in turbulence, eg in the pressure strain
terms which redistribute turbulence among the different fluctuating velocity components. The …