A model for vortex ring formation in a starting buoyant plume

DOI10.1017/S0022112000008727zbMath0990.76011OpenAlexW2015756063MaRDI QIDQ4508021

Morteza Gharib, Michael Shusser

Publication date: 20 November 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008727

zbMATH Keywords

time scalepinch-offvortex ring formationformation timeKelvin-Benjamin variational principlepiston-generated vortex ringsstarting axisymmetric buoyant plume

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47)

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