Experimental evidence for a new instability of a vertical columnar vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112000001154zbMath0955.76517OpenAlexW2120626708MaRDI QIDQ4512473

Chomaz, Jean-Marc, Paul Billant

Publication date: 1 March 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000001154

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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