| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 63, Number 3, August 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 354 - 360 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00460-0 | |
| Published online | 01 November 2003 | |
Computational model of vortex reconnection
Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Received:
7
October
2002
Accepted:
26
May
2003
We develop a phenomenological model of vortex tube reconnection. The model makes possible the description of filament reconnection without resolution of the computationally complex core dynamics. For three generic cases of vortex ring reconnection the model predictions agree with results from first-principles calculations. The model predicts adequately the changes in topology, the excitation and propagation of Kelvin waves and the viscous decay of kinetic energy.
PACS: 47.32.Cc – Vortex dynamics / 47.27.Eq – Turbulence simulation and modeling
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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