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Interaction between mean flow and turbulence in two dimensions

Gregory Falkovich1

  • 1Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow 127994, Russia.

Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|August 6, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
jetmean flowturbulencevortex

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