On the interaction between two oppositely signed, shielded, monopolar vortices

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3099-3110

  Schmidt, M R ^a   Beckers, M ^b   Nielsen, A H ^a   Juul Rasmussen, J ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001174864     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869838     Document Type: Article

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