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Further experimental evidence of vortex splitting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

P. Freymuth ,
W. Bank  and
M. Palmer
P. Freymuth
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
W. Bank
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
M. Palmer
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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Abstract

Further experimental evidence of vortex splitting in wake flows is presented. Streakline visualizations reveal the range of conditions and the phenomenology of this novel process.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 152 , March 1985 , pp. 289 - 299
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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