Elliptic instability of a co-rotating vortex pair

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 533, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-159

  Meunier, Patrice ^a   Leweke, Thomas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CO-ROTATING VORTICES; ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY; PERTURBATION AMPLITUDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHORTWAVES;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 22144462431     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004325     Document Type: Article

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