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Exploring the possibility of describing a fluid flow via a time-reversible equation and its relevance for the fluctuations statistics in stationary turbulent (or laminar) incompressible Navier-Stokes flows.
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Off-diagonal (transverse) effects in micro-patterned geometries are predicted and analyzed within the general frame of linear response theory, relating applied presure gradient and electric field to flow and electric current. These effects…