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A new criterion characterizing coherent structures and based on the vorticity field is applied to the numerical study of a plane mixing layer and of Taylor-Green vortices. This criterion brings new insights into the vorticity dissipation process.
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Herbert, V., Larcheveque, M., Staquet, C. (1995). Identification of Vortices in Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flows. In: Benzi, R. (eds) Advances in Turbulence V. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0457-9_37
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