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Coherent Structures in Fluid Dynamics

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The Significance of Nonlinearity in the Natural Sciences

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In the last decade we have experienced a conceptual shift in our view of turbulence. For flows with strong velocity shears, near boundaries, density gradients, magnetic fields or other organizing characteristics, many now feel that the spectral or wave-number space description has inhibited fundamental progress.

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Zabusky, N.J. (1977). Coherent Structures in Fluid Dynamics. In: Perlmutter, A., Scott, L.F. (eds) The Significance of Nonlinearity in the Natural Sciences. Studies in the Natural Sciences, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7224-0_8

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