Three-dimensional stability of a vortex pair

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2069-2077

  Billant, Paul ^a,b   Brancher, Pierre ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 0001083887     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870069     Document Type: Article

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