Dynamics and stability of a vortex ring impacting a solid boundary

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 297, Issue , 1995, Pages 1-28

  Swearingen, J D ^a   Crouch, J D ^a   Handler, R A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; VORTICES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; STRAIN; VELOCITY;

AMPLITUDE EVOLUTION; GROWTH-RATE PREDICTION; LONG-WAVELENGTH PERTURBATIONS; QUASI-STEADY APPROXIMATION; SECONDARY VORTEX RING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VORTEX RING; VORTEX STRETCHING; VORTEX TILTING;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0029416170     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112095002977     Document Type: Article

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