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Vorticity Dynamics

Vorticity Dynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics that specifically studies the generation, transport, and evolution of vorticity—the local spinning motion of a fluid element—as governed by the rotational components of fluid flow in atmospheric and geophysical systems.

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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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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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A refinement of previous hypotheses concerning the local structure of turbulence in a viscous incompressible fluid at high Reynolds number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1962 · 3K citations

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Application of the energy-dissipation model of turbulence to the calculation of flow near a spinning disc

B. E. Launder, B. I. Sharma · Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer · 1974 · 2.7K citations

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Authors

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  1. DG
    David G. Dritschel

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    67 publications · 3.8K citations

    37

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  2. DR
    D. Rockwell

    Lehigh University, United States

    81 publications · 5.1K citations

    37

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  3. PG
    P. G. Saffman

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    44 publications · 4.9K citations

    36

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  4. FH
    Fazle Hussain

    University of Houston, United States

    60 publications · 12.5K citations

    34

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  5. CH
    C. H. K. Williamson

    Cornell University, United States

    44 publications · 15.9K citations

    34

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Institutions

3.7K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    85 h-index

    1.4K publications

    74.2K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    83 h-index

    474 publications

    42.5K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    80 h-index

    423 publications

    45K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    80 h-index

    446 publications

    42.9K citations

  5. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    61 h-index

    210 publications

    18K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    59 h-index

    349 publications

    29K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    56 h-index

    272 publications

    23.9K citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    56 h-index

    193 publications

    21.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    2.2K publications · 204.3K citations

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  2. Physics of Fluids

    1.3K publications · 58.9K citations

    101

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 402 publications · 27.9K citations

    91

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    305 publications · 22.1K citations

    80

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  5. Journal of Fluids and Structures

    274 publications · 19K citations

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