A new family of uniform vortices related to vortex configurations before merging

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 493, Issue , 2003, Pages 219-229

  Cerretelli, C ^a   Williamson, C H K ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX MERGING; VORTICITY STRUCTURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; EULER FLOW; FLOW ANALYSIS; VORTEX;

EID: 0242426587     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003005536     Document Type: Article

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