Dynamics of slender vortices. Proceedings of the IUTAM symposium held in Aachen, Germany, August 31 - September 3, 1997 (Q1390740)

The book contains the Proceedings of the IUTAM symposium held in Aachen in 1997. The content of the book corresponds to the topics presented at the symposium. The first topic entitled ``Asymptotic theories'' includes reviews of asymptotic theory of slender vortex filaments, vortex breakdown, slender vortex rings and helical vortices. Numerical methods, presented in the second and the third parts of the book, concern not only various vortex element schemes, but also large eddy and direct numerical simulations of vortices, especially in near-wall shear flows. The numerical methods are also broadly presented in the fourth topic, which is devoted to interaction and stability of vortices. In the fifth part, experimental results concerning vortex breakdown in tubes, swirling jets and wakes are complemented by numerical studies as well. Sound generation by interaction of vortex rings, noise emission due to slender vortex-solid body interaction, scattering of acoustic waves by vortices are given in the sixth part of the book. Finally, the presentation of the last topic gives insight into problems related to trailing vortices of aircraft and helicopter vortices.