Transition of global dynamics of a polygonal vortex ring on a sphere with pole vortices

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-264

  Sakajo, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flows on sphere; Transition of periodic orbits; Vortex points

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOWS ON SPHERE; POLYGONAL RINGS; TRANSITION OF PERIODIC ORBITS; VORTEX POINTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 4344652759     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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