Head-on collision of two coaxial vortex rings: Experiment and computation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 296, Issue , 1995, Pages 39-71

  Chu, Chin Chou ^a   Wang, Chi Tzung ^a   Chang, Chien Cheng ^a   Chang, Ray Yu ^a   Chang, Wen Tyzh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RING-RING INTERACTION; VISCOUS EFFECTS; VORTICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COAXIAL VORTEX RINGS; ENSTROPHY; NON-INTRUSIVE VISUALIZATION; VORTEX STRETCHING; VORTICITY DISTRIBUTION;

VORTEX FLOW;

COLLISION; VORTEX RINGS;

EID: 0029356743     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112095002060     Document Type: Article

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