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A semi-empirical model is developed to study distortions of the phase function of a coherent beam, which are induced by turbulent fluctuations of flow parameters. Large eddy simulations of the boundary-layer and mixing-layer flows and also of related aero-optical effects are performed. Results of numerical calculations are compared with results of physical experiments and with data obtained by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier—Stokes equations.
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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 63–77, November–December, 2010
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Volkov, K.N. Effect of turbulence on propagation of a coherent beam in the boundary layer and mixing layer. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 51, 827–838 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10808-010-0104-0
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