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Vortex Stretching

Vortex Stretching is a kinematic mechanism in fluid dynamics whereby the intensity of a vortex filament increases due to the longitudinal deformation of vorticity lines by a velocity gradient field, particularly in three-dimensional incompressible flows.

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Small-scale structure of the Taylor–Green vortex

Marc Brächet, D. I. Meiron, Steven A. Orszag et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1983 · 748 citations

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Energy growth of three-dimensional disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

L. Hårkan Gustavsson · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1991 · 413 citations

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Three-dimensional instability of a plane free shear layer: an experimental study of the formation and evolution of streamwise vortices

Juan C. Lasheras, Haecheon Choi · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1988 · 337 citations

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Viscous flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet

K. Vajravelu · Applied Mathematics and Computation · 2001 · 334 citations · Full text

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The detection of single quanta of circulation in liquid helium II

W. F. Vinen · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1961 · 292 citations

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    Tasawar Hayat

    Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

    8 publications · 379 citations

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    K. Vajravelu

    University of Central Florida, United States

    6 publications · 636 citations

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    Ioan Pop

    Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

    6 publications · 541 citations

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    Nilanjan Chakraborty

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 128 citations

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  5. TY
    Thomas Y. Hou

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 355 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Quaid-i-Azam University

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    959 citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    502 citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    756 citations

  6. University of Central Florida

    Orlando, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    949 citations

  7. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    281 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    56 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. Physics of Fluids

    47 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    15 publications · 547 citations

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  4. Journal of Fluids Engineering

    11 publications · 722 citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 10 publications · 378 citations

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