Experimental study of the instability of unequal-strength counter-rotating vortex pairs

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 474, Issue , 2003, Pages 35-84

  Ortega, J M ^a   Bristol, R L ^a   Savas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES; WINGS;

VORTEX FILAMENTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTABILITY; VORTEX; WING;

EID: 0037428265     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002002446     Document Type: Article

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