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Experimental Analysis Of Turbulent Structures And The Effects Of Non-Equilibrium On An Axial Vortex, Michael P. Thompson
Experimental Analysis Of Turbulent Structures And The Effects Of Non-Equilibrium On An Axial Vortex, Michael P. Thompson
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Examples of the axial vortex include, dust devils, trailing line aircraft wake vortices, and tornadoes. Some of these vortices can prove hazardous to individuals and property. This necessitates that studies be conducted to understand their structure and to attempt to develop mathematical models of the flow physics involved. A wide variety of experimental techniques have been used in the past to study the vortex, with flow visualization and hotwire anemometry being chosen for this experiment. There have been many inadequate mathematical models proposed in the past. The experimental results obtained were compared to the work of Ash, Zardadkhan and Zuckerwar …