The pinch-off process of the leading vortex ring in a starting jet

The pinch-off of the leading vortex ring at a critical time scale, defined as the formation number (Gharib et al. 1998), has been identified as an important phenomenon for vortex ring formation in a starting jet. Previous researchers have also demonstrated the effect of non-impulsive velocity progra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gao, Lei
Other Authors: Yu Ching Man, Simon
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/43856