Elliptic instability in a strained Batchelor vortex

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 577, Issue , 2007, Pages 341-361

  Lacaze, Laurent ^a   Ryan, Kris ^b   Le Dizès, Stéphane ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN RATE;

BATCHELOR VORTEX; ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY; KELVIN MODES;

VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN RATE; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERN; INSTABILITY; KELVIN WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 34548267103     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007004879     Document Type: Article

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