Decay of monopolar vortices in a stratified fluid

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-43

  Trieling, R R ^a   Van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DECAY MODEL; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MONOPOLAR VORTEX; PARTICLE TRACKING; PASSIVE TRACER PARTICLE; STRATIFIED FLUID;

VORTEX FLOW;

DECAY; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTEX;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; DECAY RATE; MONOPOLAR; STRATIFIED FLOW; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTICES;

EID: 0032127647     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(97)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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