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Velocity measurements in a vortex model

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A procedure is described for measuring the velocity in precessing vortex filaments which appear during convection of air from a hot surface.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 729–733, May, 1982.

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Bodronosov, A.V., Solov'ev, A.A. Velocity measurements in a vortex model. Journal of Engineering Physics 42, 496–499 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00824938

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