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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An idealized, mathematical [[vortex]] consisting of the limit of the contraction of a [[vortex tube]] to a curve in space.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The flow surrounding the curve is assumed [[irrotational]].</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Batchelor, G. K. 1967. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge, . p. 93. </div><br/> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An idealized, mathematical [[vortex]] consisting of the limit of the contraction of a [[vortex tube|vortex tube]] to a curve in space.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The flow surrounding the curve is assumed [[irrotational]].</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Batchelor, G. K. 1967. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge, . p. 93. </div><br/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 25 April 2012
line vortex
An idealized, mathematical vortex consisting of the limit of the contraction of a vortex tube to a curve in space.
The flow surrounding the curve is assumed irrotational.
Batchelor, G. K. 1967. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge, . p. 93.
