A model for the pinch-off process of the leading vortex ring in a starting jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 656, Issue , 2010, Pages 205-222

  Gao, L ^a   Yu, S C M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NOZZLES; RINGS (COMPONENTS); SEPARATION;

CONVERGING NOZZLES; NORBURY VORTICES; NOZZLE GEOMETRIES; SEPARATION TIME; TRANSLATIONAL VELOCITY; TWO TIME SCALE; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; JET FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77957165662     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010001138     Document Type: Article

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