Helicity dynamics in reconnection events of topologically complex vortex flows

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.455zbMath1503.76079OpenAlexW3166065296MaRDI QIDQ5000025

Xinran Zhao, Carlo Scalo

Publication date: 5 July 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.455

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationcompressible Navier-Stokes equationshigh-order compact finite difference schemevortex breakdownvortex interactiontrefoil knottwo-ring linkvortex ring collision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Compressible Navier-Stokes equations (76N06) Low-dimensional topology in specific dimensions (57K99)

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