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Verification of the Malkus hypothesis regarding the stability of turbulent flows

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It is shown by a numerical calculation that the Malkus hypothesis regarding the neutral stability of the average velocity profile of a turbulent flow with respect to external perturbations is invalid.

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    M. A. Gol'dshtik, V. A. Sapozhnikov & V. N. Shtern

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 172–176, September–October, 1970.

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Gol'dshtik, M.A., Sapozhnikov, V.A. & Shtern, V.N. Verification of the Malkus hypothesis regarding the stability of turbulent flows. Fluid Dyn 5, 863–867 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01017309

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