Perturbation response and pinch-off of vortex rings and dipoles

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.238zbMath1246.76027MaRDI QIDQ2907258

Clara O'Farrell, John O. Dabiri

Publication date: 7 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120817-090617559

zbMATH Keywords

contour dynamics; vortex dynamics; vortex instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76B45: Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids

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