Cooperative elliptic instability of a vortex pair

DOI10.1017/S0022112097008331zbMath0923.76012MaRDI QIDQ4216875

Thomas Leweke, Charles H. K. Williamson

Publication date: 1 November 1999

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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