The structure of organized vortices in a free shear layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112081002656zbMath0451.76036WikidataQ60369977 ScholiaQ60369977MaRDI QIDQ3898212

Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Sheila E. Widnall

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

vortex structure; free shear layer; two dimensional Euler equations; tearing mechanism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D99: Incompressible viscous fluids

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• The density of organized vortices in a turbulent mixing layer
• On finite amplitude oscillations in laminar mixing layers