Enstrophy and dissipation must have the same scaling exponent in the high Reynolds number limit of fluid turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2202-2204

  Nelkin, Mark ^a,b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0000448166     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870081     Document Type: Article

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