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A relation between power law spectrum of fluctuations of velocity derivatives and fractal dimensions of corresponding surfaces is obtained in the inertial range. It is shown that two values of surface fractal dimensions correspond to a single spectral power law. Good agree ment with experimental data is obtained for Kolmogorov turbulence.
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Bershadskii, A., Tsinober, A. (1993). Impulse Analysis of Fractal and Multifractal Structure of the Field of Derivatives in Turbulent flows. In: Bonnet, J.P., Glauser, M.N. (eds) Eddy Structure Identification in Free Turbulent Shear Flows. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2098-2_4
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