Vortex bursting and tracer transport of a counter-rotating vortex pair

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Misaka, T ^a   Holzapfel F ^a   Hennemann, I ^a   Gerz, T ^a   Manhart, M ^b   Schwertfirm, F ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Kreuzinger+Manhart Turbulenz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

COUNTER-ROTATING VORTEX PAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEUTRALLY STRATIFIED; REDISTRIBUTION PROCESS; TEMPERATURE STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT EXCHANGE PROCESS; VORTEX-CORE STRUCTURE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84857774877     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684990     Document Type: Article

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