Dynamics of pancake-like vortices in a stratified fluid: experiments, model and numerical simulations (Q2726656)

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Dynamics of pancake-like vortices in a stratified fluid: experiments, model and numerical simulations
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    Dynamics of pancake-like vortices in a stratified fluid: experiments, model and numerical simulations (English)
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    27 June 2002
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    vortex dynamics
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    pancake-like isolated monopolar vortices
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    linearly stratified non-rotating fluid
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    laboratory experiments
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    vertical density profile
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    viscous diffusion
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    diffusion model
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    Boussinesq equations
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    purely axisymmetric swirling flow
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    time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations
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    central second-order finite difference scheme
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    staggered grid
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    cylindrical coordinates
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    fractional step method
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    vortex decay
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    buoyancy-induced second circulation
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    stretching effect
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