On the existence of Burgers vortices for high Reynolds numbers

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-200

  Maekawa, Yasunori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burgers vortices; Navier Stokes equations; Vortex Reynolds number

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749099311     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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