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Local isotropy in turbulent boundary layers at high Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Seyed G. Saddoughi  and
Srinivas V. Veeravalli
Seyed G. Saddoughi
Affiliation:
Center for Turbulence Research, Bldg 500, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA and NASA Ames Research Center, CA 94035, USA.
Srinivas V. Veeravalli
Affiliation:
Center for Turbulence Research, Bldg 500, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA and NASA Ames Research Center, CA 94035, USA. Present address: Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 268 , 10 June 1994 , pp. 333 - 372
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