The evolution of Kirchhoff elliptic vortices

Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 054103 - 054103
Published: May 1, 2008
Abstract
A Kirchhoff elliptic vortex is a two-dimensional elliptical region of uniform vorticity embedded in an inviscid, incompressible, and irrotational fluid. By using analytic theory and contour dynamics simulations, we describe the evolution of perturbed Kirchhoff vortices by decomposing solutions into constituent linear eigenmodes. With small amplitude perturbations, we find excellent agreement between the short time dynamics and the predictions of...
Paper Details
Title
The evolution of Kirchhoff elliptic vortices
Published Date
May 1, 2008
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
054103 - 054103
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