Outline of a theory of turbulent shear flow

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DOI10.1017/S0022112056000342zbMath0073.20803MaRDI QIDQ3235149

Willem Malkus

Publication date: 1956

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)




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