The repeated filamentation of two-dimensional vorticity interfaces

DOI10.1017/S0022112088003088zbMath0645.76024OpenAlexW2077682338MaRDI QIDQ3789197

David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112088003088

zbMATH Keywords

Kirchhoff elliptical vortexuniform vorticityinitial wave steepnessUndular disturbancesvortex- patch equilibria

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• Nonlinear stability of circular vortex patches
• Contour surgery: A topological reconnection scheme for extended integrations using contour dynamics
• The nonlinear behaviour of a constant vorticity layer at a wall
• The response of Hill's spherical vortex to a small axisymmetric disturbance
• Contour dynamics for the Euler equations in two dimensions

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