Numerical study of axisymmetric vortex breakdown in an annulus

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 118, Issue , 1996, Pages 79-95

  Tsitverblit, N ^a   Kit, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CONFINED FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRANSITION FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX BREAKDOWN; CONTINUATION METHOD; SEPARATION BUBBLES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0030379760     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01410509     Document Type: Article

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