Delay of vortex ring pinchoff by an imposed bulk counterflow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Dabiri, John O ^a   Gharib, Morteza ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ENERGY EFFECTS; VORTEX RING PINCHOFF;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; JET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; VORTEX; VORTEX RING;

EID: 1842684859     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1669353     Document Type: Article

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