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A closed equation is derived for the structure function of an isotropic turbulent velocity field in an incompressible fluid. The equation for the characteristic function [1] is used as the initial equation.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 980–992, June, 1981.
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Sosinovich, V.A. Closed equation for the structure function of an isotropic turbulent velocity field. Journal of Engineering Physics 40, 584–594 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825443
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825443