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Use of single-point velocity probability distributions in describing turbulent flows

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 66–74, September–October, 1982.

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Sabel'nikov, V.A. Use of single-point velocity probability distributions in describing turbulent flows. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 23, 652–658 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00914143

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