The point island approximation in vortex dynamics

DOI10.1080/03091920512331323896MaRDI QIDQ3080187zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. R. Johnson, N. R. McDonald

Publication date 5 March 2011

Published in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920512331323896

zbMATH Keywords

vorticesHamiltonian dynamicstopography

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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Cites work

• Contour dynamics for the Euler equations in two dimensions
• Contour surgery: A topological reconnection scheme for extended integrations using contour dynamics
• The motion of a vortex near a gap in a wall
• The motion of a vortex near two circular cylinders

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• Finite Rossby radius effects on vortex motion near a gap
• Vortex dynamics on a domain with holes
• Vortex motion on a sphere: Barrier with two gaps
• A point vortex model for the formation of ocean eddies by flow separation
• Generalized Hamiltonian point vortex dynamics on arbitrary domains using the method of fundamental solutions
• Motion of vortices outside a cylinder
• Estimating the size of the regular region of a topographically trapped vortex
• A transformation of the point vortex equations
• Power-series solution for the two-dimensional inviscid flow with a vortex and multiple cylinders
• Rosenhead’s point vortex approximation revisited
• Irregular mixing due to a vortex pair interacting with a fixed vortex

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