A class of exact multipolar vortices

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2556-2564

  Crowdy, Darren ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000348104     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870118     Document Type: Article

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