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Filamentation of Unstable Vortex Structures via Separatrix Crossing: A Quantitative Estimate of Onset Time
The onset of filamentation for compact vortex structures in two-dimensional incompressible flows is elucidated. An estimate is presented for the filamentation time of an unstably perturbed Kirchhoff ellipse, obtained from a linear analysis of the geometry of the instantaneous corotating streamfunction.
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- Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics
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- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.857485
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- Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Ocean and Climate Physics
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- AIP Publishing
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- November 19, 2013