Three-dimensional instability of Burgers and Lamb-Oseen vortices in a strain field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 378, Issue , 1999, Pages 145-166

  Eloy, Christophe ^a   Le Dizès, Stéphane ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESONANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

BURGERS VORTICES; HELICAL WAVES; LAMB-OSEEN VORTICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; TIME VARYING STRETCHING RATE; VORTEX FILAMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032627760     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003103     Document Type: Article

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