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Constitutive equations for turbulent flows

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This review is intended to provide both the specialist and non-specialist in the field of turbulence with a continuum mechanics perspective on developing closure models needed in the description of turbulent flows. Modeling considerations applicable to isothermal, incompressible turbulent flows are discussed within the framework of Reynolds-averaged transport equations for the statistical moments.

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Gatski, T. Constitutive equations for turbulent flows. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 18, 345–369 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-004-0119-3

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