The heat transport and spectrum of thermal turbulence

DOI10.1098/rspa.1954.0197zbMath0058.20203OpenAlexW1974516202MaRDI QIDQ5833002

Willem Malkus

Publication date: 1954

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1954.0197

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fluid mechanics

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