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E G Flekkøy1, S R Pride

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo 3, Norway.

Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
|April 24, 2002
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