Topological fluid mechanics of point vortex motions

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-95

  Boyland, Philip ^a   Stremler, Mark ^b   Aref, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Braids; Point vortices; Thurston Nielsen theory; Topology fluid mechanics

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HAMILTONIANS; POTENTIAL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

POINT VORTEX MOTIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0037437759     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00692-9     Document Type: Article

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