Impact of buoyancy on vortex ring development in the near field

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 737-745

  Bond, D ^a   Johari, H ^a,b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT VORTEX RINGS; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; FLUID INTERFACE; LARGE DIAMETER; LASER SHEET FLOW VISUALIZATION; NEAR FIELDS; PIV MEASUREMENTS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; RING FORMATION; SPREADING RATE; VORTEX RINGS;

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WATER TANKS;

BUOYANCY;

EID: 77952009955     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0761-z     Document Type: Article

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