Three-dimensional instability of isolated vortices

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2113-2126

  Gallaire, F ^a   Chomaz, J M ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

LINEAR IMPULSE RESPONSE;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0043285930     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1580481     Document Type: Article

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