The existence of vortices in the wakes of simulated raindrops

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Saylor, J R ^a   Jones, B K ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

TERMINAL VELOCITY; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATIONS; VORTEX SHEDDING PROCESSES; WATER DROPLETS;

VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX; WAKE;

EID: 15844381192     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1874192     Document Type: Article

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