The interaction of the piston vortex with a piston-generated vortex ring

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 499, Issue , 2004, Pages 327-343

  Cater, John E ^a   Soria, Julio ^a   Lim, T T ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORIFICES; PISTONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

PISTON VORTEX; VORTEX RINGS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

FLUID MECHANICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR LAYER; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX RING; VORTICITY;

EID: 1242310734     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006980     Document Type: Article

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