Horizontal vortex ring motion in linearly stratified media

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2605-2616

  Johari, H ^a   Fang, H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTEX RING;

MOTION; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTICES;

EID: 0030665137     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869377     Document Type: Article

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