Graphical representation of three-dimensional vortical flows by means of helicity density and normalized helicity

AIAA 6th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 1988

Volumn , Issue , 1988, Pages 687-699

  Levy, Yuval ^a   Seginer, Arnan ^a   Degani, David ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW FIELDS; GRAPHIC METHODS; VORTICITY;

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; HELICITIES; LOW VORTICITY; SECONDARY VORTEX; SINGULAR POINTS; VORTEX CORES; VORTICAL FLOWS; VORTICITY VECTORS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85002509820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1988-2598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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