A weakly nonlinear mechanism for mode selection in swirling jets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 699, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-262

  Meliga, Philippe ^a   Gallaire, François ^b   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

bifurcation; pattern formation; vortex breakdown

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PATTERN FORMATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUB-CRITICAL BIFURCATIONS; VORTEX BREAKDOWN;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

BIFURCATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84864225730     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.93     Document Type: Article

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