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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 34–41, November–December, 1988.
The authors are grateful to Yu. S. Kachanov and P. V. Kuibin for help in writing the computer programs and to V. S. Kosorygin for technical assistance.
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Grek, G.R., Kozlov, V.V. & Ramazanov, M.P. Laminar-turbulent transition in the presence of a high level of free-stream turbulence. Fluid Dyn 23, 829–834 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051815
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