Elliptic and zigzag instabilities on co-rotating vertical vortices in a stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 553, Issue , 2006, Pages 253-272

  Otheguy, Pantxika ^a,b   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a   Billant, Paul ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STABILITY;

CO-ROTATING VERTICAL VORTICES; ELLIPTIC DEFORMATION; ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY; FROUDE NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLUID; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR STABILITY; ZIGZAG INSTABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 33645652333     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006008901     Document Type: Article

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