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Contributions to theory of vortex breakdown

Beitrag zur Theorie des Wirbelzusammenbruchs

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A study is made of vortex breakdown in stratified flow. It is found that a positive stratification in the cortex, i.e., the density increasing away from the axis, has the effect of postponing the vortex breakdown and vice versa. Next, further considerations are made of Benjamin's theory of vortex breakdown.

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Es wurde der Wirbelzusammenbruch in stratifizierten Strömungen untersucht. Es zeigt sich, daß eine positive Stratifikation im Wirbel, das heißt zunehmende Dichte von der Achse weg, den Effekt des Hinausschiebens des Wirbelzusammenbruchs hat und umgekehrt. Anschließend werden weitere Betrachtungen zur Benjamins Theorie des Wirbelzusammenbruchs angestellt.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics Research School of Physical Sciences, The Australian National University, 2600, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    B. K. Shivamoggi

  2. College of Engineering, University of Colorado, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA

    M. S. Uberoi

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Shivamoggi, B.K., Uberoi, M.S. Contributions to theory of vortex breakdown. Acta Mechanica 41, 211–215 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01177348

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