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Interaction of a Vortex Ring Linked with a Vortex Filament

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IUTAM Symposium on Geometry and Statistics of Turbulence

Part of the book series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications ((FMIA,volume 59))

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Abstract

In the laboratory, we produced a system of vortices with link helicity, i.e., a vortex ring linked with a vortex filament. Observations based on flow visualization reveal several processes of interactions including the topological change by reconnection.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-0054, Japan

    Katsuhiro Suzuki, Motonori Abe, Masayuki Hirano & Osamu Sano

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  1. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Tsutomu Kambe (Chairman) (Chairman)

  2. Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Tohru Nakano

  3. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

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Suzuki, K., Abe, M., Hirano, M., Sano, O. (2001). Interaction of a Vortex Ring Linked with a Vortex Filament. In: Kambe, T., Nakano, T., Miyauchi, T. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Geometry and Statistics of Turbulence. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9638-1_28

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