An objective definition of a vortex

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 525, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-26

  Haller, G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; STRAIN; TENSORS; TRAJECTORIES;

FLUID TRAJECTORIES; LAGRANGIAN STRUCTURES; ROTATING FLOWS; STRAIN ACCELERATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX;

EID: 14844284559     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004002526     Document Type: Article

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