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The randomly stirred fluid — Turbulence as a problem in statistical mechanics

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Properties of the randomly stirred fluid and the relevance to the problem of homogeneous isotropic turbulence are discussed.

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Bhattacharjee, J.K. The randomly stirred fluid — Turbulence as a problem in statistical mechanics. Pramana - J Phys 48, 365–378 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845639

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