Velocity fluctuations in a turbulent soap film: The third moment in two dimensions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1196-1200

  Belmonte, A ^a,d   Goldburg, W I ^a   Kellay, H ^b   Rutgers, M A ^c   Martin, B ^a   Wu, X L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000880354     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869891     Document Type: Article

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