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Using laser transmission, the characteristics of hydrodynamic turbulence is studied following one of the recently developed technique in nonlinear dynamics. The existence of deterministic chaos in turbulence is proved by evaluating two invariants viz. dimension of attractor and Kolmogorov entropy. The behaviour of these invariants indicates that above a certain strength of turbulence the system tends to more ordered states.
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Reghunath, A.T., Nampoori, V.P.N. A study of hydrodynamic turbulence using laser transmission. Pramana - J Phys 29, 461–467 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845786
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845786