Absolute/convective instabilities in the Batchelor vortex: a numerical study of the linear impulse response

DOI10.1017/S0022112097007787zbMath0905.76030MaRDI QIDQ4398563

Chomaz, Jean-Marc, Ivan Delbende, Huerre, Patrick

Publication date: 2 February 1999

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

wakes; complex wavenumber; wavepacket; decomposition procedure; swirl parameter; Briggs-Bers criterion; helical mode

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

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