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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 5, pp. 70–76, September–October, 1992.

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Gorbunov, S.Y., Gordeichik, B.N., Darintsev, A.P. et al. Structure of a rising thermal. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 33, 680–685 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852199

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