Nonlinear amplification of vorticity in inviscid interaction of orthogonal Lamb dipoles

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Orlandi, P ^a   Carnevale, G F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULER EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; STRAIN RATE; VORTICITY;

ORTHOGONAL LAMB DIPOLES; RATE-OF-STRAIN COORDINATE SYSTEM;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EULER EQUATIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; STRAIN RATE; VORTICITY;

EID: 34250011389     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2732438     Document Type: Article

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