Effect of the Schmidt number on the diffusion of axisymmetric pancake vortices in a stratified fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1058-1064

  Godoy Diana, Ramiro ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SCHMIDT NUMBER;

VORTEX FLOW;

AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; STRATIFIED FLUID; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037654776     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1558318     Document Type: Article

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