The initial value problem for Kelvin vortex waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 344, Issue , 1997, Pages 181-212

  Arendt, Steve ^a,c   Fritts, David C ^a,c   Andreassen, Øyvind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c Colorado Research Associates/NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

KELVIN VORTEX WAVES;

VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX; WAVE;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; KELVIN WAVES; VORTEX TUBE; VORTICES;

EID: 0031205873     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097005958     Document Type: Article

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