Transition to turbulence in an elliptic vortex

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 43-62

  Lundgren, T S ^a   Mansour, N N ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

ELLIPTIC VORTEX; INCOMPRESSIBLE TWO DIMENSIONAL BOUNDED SWIRLING FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

ELLIPTIC; LAMINAR/TURBULENT TRANSITIONS; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0029657017     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000031     Document Type: Article

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