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Vortex Dynamics

Vortex Dynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics that specifically studies the formation, evolution, and interaction of vortices—regions of rotating fluid flow—distinguished by their emphasis on the dynamics of vorticity and coherent rotational structures within inviscid and viscous flows.

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On the identification of a vortex

Jinhee Jeong, Fazle Hussain · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1995 · 6.3K citations

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Vortices in high-temperature superconductors

G. Blatter, M. V. Feigel’man, V. B. Geshkenbeǐn et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1994 · 6.2K citations

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Turbulence and the dynamics of coherent structures. I. Coherent structures

Lawrence Sirovich · Quarterly of Applied Mathematics · 1987 · 6.1K citations · Full text

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Modeling of swirl in turbulent flow systems

David G. Sloan, Philip J. Smith, L.D. Smoot · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science · 1986 · 5.3K citations

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Vortex Dynamics in the Cylinder Wake

C. H. K. Williamson · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1996 · 3.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. MT
    Michael T. Montgomery

    Naval Postgraduate School, United States

    73 publications · 7.5K citations

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  2. FH
    Fazle Hussain

    University of Houston, United States

    100 publications · 16.3K citations

    48

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  3. BA
    Boris A. Malomed

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    103 publications · 5.9K citations

    45

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  4. CH
    C. H. K. Williamson

    Cornell University, United States

    67 publications · 19.7K citations

    44

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  5. DR
    D. Rockwell

    Lehigh University, United States

    114 publications · 7.2K citations

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Institutions

6.2K

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    119 h-index

    1K publications

    109.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    119 h-index

    3.9K publications

    207.5K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    116 h-index

    1.1K publications

    90K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    112 h-index

    866 publications

    83.6K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    100 h-index

    805 publications

    75.6K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    88 h-index

    895 publications

    60.9K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    82 h-index

    491 publications

    61K citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    81 h-index

    595 publications

    57.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    4.1K publications · 377.2K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 1.6K publications · 137.7K citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    2.7K publications · 119.1K citations

    127

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  4. AIAA Journal

    1.1K publications · 52.9K citations

    102

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  5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    463 publications · 35.1K citations

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