Direct numerical simulations of vortex rings at ReΓ = 7500

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2007, Pages 495-505

  Bergdorf, Michael ^a   Koumoutsakos, Petros ^a   Leonard, Anthony ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES;

VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX RINGS; VORTEX WAKE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TURBULENT FLOW; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 34548165050     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007006192     Document Type: Article

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