Physics of vortex merging

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 6, Issue 4-5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 431-450

  Meunier, Patrice ^a   Le Dizès, Stéphane ^a   Leweke, Thomas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aircraft wakes; Elliptic instability; Vortex merging

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144496127     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.06.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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