On depression of nonlinearity in turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2291-2297

  Tsinober, A ^a   Ortenberg, M ^a   Shtilman, L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001351443     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870091     Document Type: Article

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