Rolling stones and turbulent eddies: Why the bigger live longer and travel farther

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84958794305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21445     Document Type: Article

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