Robinson, A. C. and Saffman, P. G. (1984) Three-dimensional stability of an elliptical vortex in a straining field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 142 . pp. 451-466. ISSN 0022-1120. doi:10.1017/S002211208400118X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120709-075535108
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Abstract
The three-dimensional linear stability of a rectilinear vortex of elliptical cross-section existing as a steady state in an irrotational straining field is studied numerically in the case of finite strain. It is shown that the instability predicted analytically for weak strain persists for finite strain and that the weak-strain results continue to be quantitatively valid for finite strain. The dependence of the growth rates of the unstable modes on the strain and the axial-disturbance wavelength is discussed. It is also shown that a three-dimensional instability is always more unstable than a two-dimensional instability in the range of parameters of most interest.
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Additional Information: | © 1984 Cambridge University Press. Received 8 September 1983 and in revised form 30 January 1984. This work was supported by NASA Lewis Research Center (NAG 3-179) and the Office of Naval Research. | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1017/S002211208400118X | ||||||
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Official Citation: | A. C. Robinson and P. G. Saffman (1984). Three-dimensional stability of an elliptical vortex in a straining field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 142 , pp 451-466 doi:10.1017/S002211208400118X | ||||||
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