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LINE VORTEX [2 records]

Record 1 1989-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
CONT

The subsequent behaviour of the plume depends on the type of interaction between the two line vortices and the surrounding air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
DEF

A type of fluid motion in which fluid flows approximately in circles about a line, at speeds inversely proportional to the distance from the line, so that there is an infinite concentration of vorticity on the line, and vorticity vanishes elsewhere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
DEF

(...) tube tourbillon rectiligne, de section négligeable, mais dont l'intensité est finie.

OBS

[les] lignes de courant qui entourent le vortex (...) sont des circonférences dans un plan qui lui est perpendiculaire.

Spanish

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