The formation of ‘optimal’ vortex rings, and the efficiency of propulsion devices
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Publication:2709167
DOI10.1017/S0022112000002263zbMath0981.76015MaRDI QIDQ2709167
Paul Fredrick Linden, John Stewart Turner
Publication date: 18 March 2002
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
circulation; impulse; propulsion; Hill's spherical vortex; energy input; axisymmetric vortex ring; length-to-diameter aspect ratio; optimal vortex rings
76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids
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