On the nature of vortex interactions and models in unforced nearly-inviscid two-dimensional turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1252-1256

  Dritschel, David G ^a   Zabusky, Norman J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTICES;

EID: 0029672595     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868896     Document Type: Article

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