Elliptical-inertial instability of rotating Karman vortex streets

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Stegner, A ^a   Pichon, T ^b   Beunier, M ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; STORMS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WAKES;

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; ELLIPTICAL-INERTIAL INSTABILITY; KARMAN VORTEX STREETS; SHALLOW-WATER CONFIGURATION;

VORTEX SHEDDING;

VORTEX;

EID: 21244479360     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1937348     Document Type: Article

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