Transient growth of perturbations in a vortex column

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 550, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-288

  Pradeep, D S ^a   Hussain, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AXIAL VORTICITY; AXIAL WAVENUMBERS; AZIMUTHAL WAVENUMBERS; BENDING WAVES; LINEAR TRANSIENT GROWTH; TURBULENT FIELD; VORTEX COLUMN;

VORTEX FLOW;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSIENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 33645807194     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008207     Document Type: Article

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