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Rotation of molecules and the transition to turbulence

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It has been discovered experimentally that the rotational degrees of freedom influence the critical Reynolds number of the transition to turbulence in a flow in a circular pipe.

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Pis'ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, No. 1, 43–46 (10 July 1996)

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Nerushev, O.A., Novopashin, S.A. Rotation of molecules and the transition to turbulence. Jetp Lett. 64, 47–50 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567157

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