The nonlinear evolution of rotating configurations of uniform vorticity

DOI10.1017/S0022112086001696zbMath0616.76069OpenAlexW1991551937MaRDI QIDQ4725954

David Gerard Dritschel

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086001696

zbMATH Keywords

linear stabilitynonlinear evolutionannular vortexconstant- vorticity vorticescorotating configurationsperturbed equilibrium configurationsthe elliptical vortex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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