On the survival of strong vortex filaments in 'model' turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 394, Issue , 1999, Pages 261-279

  Verzicco, Roberto ^a,c   Jiménez, Javier ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Technical University of Madrid UPM   (Spain)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0001505906     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099005662     Document Type: Article

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