Behavior of vortex rings in the vicinity of a wall
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- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 16 (11) , 2005-2006
Abstract
An experiment is described which shows that a vortex ring traveling toward a wall situated normal to its axis may undergo momentary inversions of its forward velocity. A qualitative analysis of the physics involved is given.Keywords
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