Identification of Vortices in Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flows

Herbert, V.; Larcheveque, M.; Staquet, C.

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0457-9_37

V. Herbert³,
M. Larcheveque³ &
C. Staquet⁴

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A new criterion characterizing coherent structures and based on the vorticity field is applied to the numerical study of a plane mixing layer and of Taylor-Green vortices. This criterion brings new insights into the vorticity dissipation process.

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Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, boîte 161, 4 place Jussieu, 75952, Paris cedex 05, France
V. Herbert & M. Larcheveque
Laboratoire de Physique, E.N.S., 46 allée d’ltalie, 69364, Lyon cedex 07, France
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Department of Physics, University of Rome ‘Torvergata’, Rome, Italy
Roberto Benzi

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Herbert, V., Larcheveque, M., Staquet, C. (1995). Identification of Vortices in Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flows. In: Benzi, R. (eds) Advances in Turbulence V. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0457-9_37

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