Viscous evolution of 2D dipolar vortices

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-213

  Van Geffen, J H G M ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational methods in fluid dynamics; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; VISCOUS FLOW;

DIPOLAR VORTICITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LAMB DIPOLE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032049078     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(97)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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