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Most flows in nature are turbulent. Often, turbulence critically influences the nature of an important event. For example, satellite communications can be interfered with by natural or man-made turbulence in the earth’s atmosphere1; x and gamma rays in the 1987A supernova appeared prematurely because of turbulence2; the rate of star formation depends on the nature of interstellar turbulence3; turbulent mixing influences the efficiency of inertial-confinement-fusion pellets4. There are many other examples in aeronautics, chemistry, and combustion.
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Grun, J., Stamper, J., Crawford, J., Manka, C., Ripin, B.H. (1991). Turbulence in Very-High Mach Number, Laser-Accelerated Material. In: Hora, H., Miley, G.H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3804-2_21
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