Three-dimensional instability during vortex merging

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2747-2750

  Meunier, Patrice ^a   Leweke, Thomas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84886852818     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1399033     Document Type: Letter

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