LOBE SHEDDING FROM PROPAGATING VORTICES

被引:8
作者
CARNEVALE, GF [1 ]
KLOOSTERZIEL, RC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HAWAII,SCH OCEAN & EARTH SCI & TECHNOL,HONOLULU,HI 96822
来源
PHYSICA D | 1994年 / 76卷 / 1-3期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0167-2789(94)90256-9
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Associated with intense propagating vortices is a separatrix defining a region of fluid that is transported with the vortex. The distortion of this separatrix, under external perturbations, leads to entrainment and detrainment of fluid. The detrained fluid is shed in lobes in the wake of the vortex. Examples of this phenomenon for a propagating monopole and dipole are provided from rotating-tank experiments and numerical simulations.
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页码:147 / 167
页数:21
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