Turbulent Convection: Comparing the Moment Equations to Numerical Simulations

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Visually Based Characterization of the Incipient Particle Motion in Regular Substrates: From Laminar to Turbulent Conditions
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Visually Based Characterization of the Incipient Particle Motion in Regular Substrates: From Laminar to Turbulent Conditions

Published on: February 22, 2018

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    The Astrophysical Journal
    |October 27, 1999
    PubMed

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