Circulation and formation number of laminar vortex rings

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 376, Issue , 1998, Pages 297-318

  Rosenfeld, Moshe ^a   Rambod, Edmond ^b   Gharib, Morteza ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW;

LAMINAR VORTEX RINGS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032301906     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003115     Document Type: Article

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