Structure of a bathtub vortex: Importance of the bottom boundary layer

DOI10.1007/S00162-009-0128-3zbMath1191.76006OpenAlexW1980976401MaRDI QIDQ983561

Frederic Y. Moulin, Ryuji Kimura, Shinji Yukimoto, Takashi Noguchi, Hiroshi Niino

Publication date: 24 July 2010

Published in: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/10172/1/Yukimoto_10172.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamicsboundary layerspotential vortexrotating and swirling flowsbathtub vortex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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Cites Work

• The vortical flow above the drain-hole in a rotating vessel
• An averaging method for nonlinear laminar Ekman layers
• The bathtub vortex in a rotating container
• Boundary Layer Induced by a Potential Vortex
• A solution for three-dimensional vortex flows with strong circulation

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