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The opposing motion of two coaxial vortex rings is classified in relation to the initial parameters.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 60–64, July–August, 1989.
The authors are grateful to V. V. Meleshko for discussing their results.
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Gurzhii, A.A., Konstantinov, M.Y. Head-on collision of two coaxial vortex rings in an ideal fluid. Fluid Dyn 24, 538–541 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052414
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