A universal time scale for vortex ring formation

DOI10.1017/S0022112097008410zbMath0922.76021OpenAlexW3040937257WikidataQ129275707 ScholiaQ129275707MaRDI QIDQ4216877

Morteza Gharib, Edmond Rambod, Karim Shariff

Publication date: 19 October 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097008410

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05)

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