Unification of variational principles for turbulent shear flows: The background method of Doering-Constantin and the mean-fluctuation formulation of Howard-Busse

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 175-192

  Kerswell, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11544316421     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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