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Busse, F.H. (1981). Transition to turbulence in Rayleigh-Beénard convection. In: Swinney, H.L., Gollub, J.P. (eds) Hydrodynamic Instabilities and the Transition to Turbulence. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-13319-4_15

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