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The bursting of leading-edge vortices - some observations and discussion of the phenomenon.

N. C. Lambourne, +1 more
- Vol. 1962, Iss: 3282, pp 1-36
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The article was published on 1961-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 329 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thesaurus (information retrieval).

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Combustion in swirling flows: A review

TL;DR: The main effects of swirl are to improve flame stability as a result of the formation of toroidal recirculation zones and to reduce combustion lengths by producing high rates of entrainment of the ambient fluid and fast mixing as discussed by the authors.
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Vortex stability and breakdown - Survey and extension

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse theorique et experimentale des conditions de stabilite and d'eclatement de tourbillons isoles incompressible for des valeurs elevees du nombre de Reynolds.
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On stationary and travelling vortex breakdowns

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe some experiments in swirling flows in a diverging cylindrical tube in which various types of vortex breakdowns were observed, viz. mild (double helix) breakdown, spiral breakdown, and axisymmetric breakdown.
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Vortex breakdown: Observations and explanations

TL;DR: A review of vortex breakdown research can be found in this paper, where the authors give an overview of the current level of understanding and assess, in the light of the available experimental evidence, the various theoretical proposals which have been made over the years.
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Turbulence and waves in a rotating tank

TL;DR: A turbulent field is produced with an oscillating grid in a deep, rotating tank as discussed by the authors, which consists of concentrated vortices having axes approximately parallel to the rotation axis, and extending throughout the depth of the fluid above the turbulent Ekman layer.