Topological ideas and fluid mechanics

Physics Today

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 28-34

  Ricca, Renzo L ^a   Berger, Mitchell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC WIRE; FLOW PATTERNS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

BRAID THEORY; EULER EQUATIONS; FLUID STRUCTURES; HELICITY; KNOT THEORY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0030420605     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.881574     Document Type: Article

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