Robert Kraichnan was an American theoretical physicist known for foundational contributions to the statistical theory of fluid turbulence. He developed the direct-interaction approximation for turbulent flows and predicted the distinctive behavior of two-dimensional turbulence, in which energy cascades toward larger rather than smaller scales.
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Robert Harry Kraichnan (; January 15, 1928, February 26, 2008), a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was an American theoretical physicist (fluid dynamicist) best known for his work on the theory of fluid turbulence.
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