Angular dependence and growth of vorticity in the three-dimensional Euler equations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 901-909

  Gibbon, J D ^a   Heritage, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VECTORS;

BURGERS VORTEX; EULER EQUATIONS; HESSIAN MATRIX;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031123942     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869186     Document Type: Article

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