Negatively buoyant projectiles – from weak fountains to heavy vortices

DOI10.1017/S0022112010002508zbMath1197.76008OpenAlexW1987759562MaRDI QIDQ3053609

G. R. Hunt, O. J. Myrtroeen

Publication date: 29 October 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010002508

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamicsplumes/thermals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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• Optimal Vortex Formation as a Unifying Principle in Biological Propulsion
• A universal time scale for vortex ring formation
• A theoretical model of a turbulent fountain
• Negatively buoyant starting jets
• Buoyant formation number of a starting buoyant jet
• Weak fountains

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