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We attempt to answer one of the outstanding issues in turbulence — does asymptotic inertial range scaling exist and if so, does it exist in a complete or incomplete similarity form? Although we cannot form a firm conclusion our results suggest we are tantalizingly close.
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Pearson, B.R., Krogstad, P.Å., Johnson, G.R. (2004). Rλ Dependence of The Kolmogorov Constant and Scaling. In: Smits, A.J. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Reynolds Number Scaling in Turbulent Flow. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0997-3_39
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