Elliptic instability of counter-rotating vortices: Experiment and direct numerical simulation

AIAA Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2483-2494

  Laporte, Florent ^a   Leweke, Thomas ^b  

^a European Center for Research   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WATER TANKS;

COUNTER ROTATING VORTICES; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0036934694     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1592     Document Type: Article

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