Short-wavelength instability and decay of a vortex pair in a stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 553, Issue , 2006, Pages 283-322

  Nomura, Keiko K ^a   Tsutsui, Hideaki ^a   Mahoney, Daniel ^a   Rottman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; RADIAL FLOW; STABILITY; TORQUE;

COUNTER-ROTATING VORTEX PAIR; FROUDE NUMBER; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; SHORT-WAVELENGTH INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED FLUID; VERTICAL VORTEX STRUCTURE; VORTEX SEPARATION DISTANCE;

VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; RADIAL FLOW; STABILITY; TORQUE; VORTEX FLOW;

INSTABILITY;

EID: 33645697724     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006008883     Document Type: Article

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