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Stability of a vortex street of finite vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

P. G. Saffman  and
J. C. Schatzman
P. G. Saffman
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
J. C. Schatzman
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The stability of the finite-area Kármán ‘vortex street’ to two-dimensional disturbances is determined. It is shown that for vortices of finite size there exists a finite range of spacing ratio κ for which the array is stable to infinitesimal disturbances. As the vortex size approaches zero, the range narrows to zero width about the classical von Kármán value of 0·281.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 117 , April 1982 , pp. 171 - 185
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© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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