A universal time scale for vortex ring formation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 360, Issue , 1998, Pages 121-140

  Gharib, Morteza ^a   Rambod, Edmond ^a   Shariff, Karim ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JETS;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FORMATION NUMBERS; UNIVERSAL TIME SCALE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032048933     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008410     Document Type: Article

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