Merging of two helical vortices

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 49, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 363-372

  Delbende, Ivan ^a,b   Piton, Benjamin ^a,b   Rossi, Maurice ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Helical vortex; Vortex; Vortex dynamics; Vortex merging

Indexed keywords

MERGING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FRAME OF REFERENCE; HELICAL VORTICES; INDUCED VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOUS DIFFUSION; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX MERGING;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84918827047     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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