KAM theory analysis of the dynamics of three coaxial vortex rings

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 321-348

  Blackmore, Denis ^a   Knio, Omar ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian system; KAM theory; Point vortices; Vortex rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012174042     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00223-7     Document Type: Article

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