Edit DefineConcept: Kolmogorov length scale

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 Velocity point-measurements  Velocity profilers  Shear probes

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Other media include images. The text will appear below the required info above. <math>L_k=\left(\frac{\nu^3}{\varepsilon}\right)^{1/4}</math> where <math>\nu</math> is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid and <math>\varepsilon</math> is the rate of dissipation of turbulence kinetic energy by viscous friction. It provides the order of magnitude of the scale at which molecular viscosity smoothens (or erases) the fluctuations of velocity.

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