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The laws of tornado-like vortex formation in a closed chamber have been experimentally studied as dependent on the air volume flow rate and swirl intensity. A physical interpretation of the obtained empirical relationships is proposed.
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Original Russian Text © D.G. Akhmetov, V.V. Nikulin, 2008, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 24, pp. 36–41.
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Akhmetov, D.G., Nikulin, V.V. Experimental determination of the time of tornado-like vortex formation in a closed chamber. Tech. Phys. Lett. 34, 1057–1059 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785008120201
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