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Velocity Distribution

Velocity Distribution is a theoretical construct in fluid mechanics that characterizes the variation of flow velocity across the cross-sectional area of a channel or conduit under uniform flow conditions, distinguishing itself from other flow descriptors by explicitly representing the spatial profile of velocity influenced by boundary effects and flow resistance.

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Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Gas of Sodium Atoms

Kendall B. Davis, M.‐O. Mewes, M. R. Andrews et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1995 · 5.5K citations · Full text

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A bubbling fluidization model using kinetic theory of granular flow

Jianmin Ding, Dimitri Gidaspow · AIChE Journal · 1990 · 1.8K citations

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Spontaneously Growing Transverse Waves in a Plasma Due to an Anisotropic Velocity Distribution

E. S. Weibel · Physical Review Letters · 1959 · 1.7K citations

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Experimental and theoretical investigation of backward-facing step flow

B. F. Armaly, F. Durst, J. C. F. Pereira et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1983 · 1.7K citations

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Turbulence in Plant Canopies

John Finnigan · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2000 · 1.6K citations

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    M. Salewski

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    21 publications · 1K citations

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  2. RW
    R. Winkler

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald, Germany

    21 publications · 661 citations

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  3. ES
    Earl Scime

    West Virginia University, United States

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. SB
    S. B. Korsholm

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    17 publications · 868 citations

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  5. SK
    S. K. Nielsen

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    16 publications · 858 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    50 h-index

    434 publications

    19.3K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    49 h-index

    241 publications

    21.5K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    102 publications

    8K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    35 h-index

    107 publications

    9.6K citations

  5. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    34 h-index

    152 publications

    11.3K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    33 h-index

    108 publications

    6.7K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    29 h-index

    125 publications

    8.4K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    28 h-index

    126 publications

    44.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    158 publications · 19.6K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 256 publications · 17.3K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 131 publications · 16.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 153 publications · 9.8K citations

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  5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    128 publications · 7.5K citations

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