Vorticity alignment results for the three-dimensional Euler and Navier-Stokes equations

Nonlinearity

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1675-1694

  Galanti, B ^a   Gibbon, J D ^a,b   Heritage, M ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013188430     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/10/6/013     Document Type: Article

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