Cooperative elliptic instability of a vortex pair

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 360, Issue , 1998, Pages 85-119

  Leweke, T ^a,b   Williamson, C H K ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032050193     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008331     Document Type: Article

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