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Reynolds, W.C. (1990). The potential and limitations of direct and large eddy simulations. In: Lumley, J.L. (eds) Whither Turbulence? Turbulence at the Crossroads. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 357. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-52535-1_52

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