Starting vortex dipoles in a viscous fluid: Asymptotic theory, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3850-3858

  Afanasyev, Yakov D ^a   Korabel, V N ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

LOCALIZED FORCE; TRANSLATIONAL VELOCITY; VORTEX DIPOLES;

FLUIDS;

PHYSICS;

EID: 8844265403     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790493     Document Type: Article

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