Experimental analysis of the precessing vortex core in a free swirling jet

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-839

  Martinelli, Fulvio ^a   Olivani, Andrea ^a   Coghe, Aldo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (LDV); PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); SWIRL PARAMETER;

VORTEX FLOW;

JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34250332913     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-006-0230-x     Document Type: Article

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