Evolution of the flow field associated with a streamwise diffusing vortex

DOI10.1017/S0022112084001853zbMath0561.76039MaRDI QIDQ5186929

Frederick H. Abernathy, C. Frederick Pearson

Publication date: 1984

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

zbMATH Keywords

similarity variablepotential vortexjoint action of viscosity and convectionstreamwise diffusing vortex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

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Cites Work

• A non-linear theory for oscillations in a parallel flow
• The three-dimensional nature of boundary-layer instability

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