Vortex rings descending in a stratified fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2819-2827

  Orlandi, P ^a   Egermann, P ^b   Hopfinger, E J ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LEGI   (France)

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EID: 11744385231     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869804     Document Type: Article

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