Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 617–620 (1983)New Representation of Navier-Stokes Equations Governing Self-Similar Homogeneous TurbulenceReceived 9 May 1983; published in the issue dated 22 August 1983 A new form of the Navier-Stokes equation resulting from a change of variables is presented. The new form has several advantages: It yields a new asymptotic behavior of the flow for long times and vanishingly small viscosity. In addition an interpretation of the new equation in terms of a simple random walk yields immediately not only the Kolmogorov 2/3-power law but also an intermittency exponent well within the experimental uncertainty. © 1983 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.617
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.617
PACS:
03.40.Gc, 47.10.+g, 47.25.-c
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