Three-dimensional instabilities in tornado-like vortices with secondary circulations

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.369zbMath1275.76107MaRDI QIDQ2863432

David S. Nolan

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/ee97a32e5d112e0f558fbc7f404ed9b293ffbf78

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamics; vortex instability; vortex breakdown

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

86A10: Meteorology and atmospheric physics

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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