Absolute/convective instabilities in the Batchelor vortex: A numerical study of the linear impulse response

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 355, Issue , 1998, Pages 229-254

  Delbende, Ivan ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a   Huerre, Patrick ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BATCHELOR VORTEX; LINEAR IMPULSE RESPONSE;

VORTEX FLOW;

INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX;

BATCHELOR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY; VORTICES;

EID: 0031780806     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007787     Document Type: Article

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