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A test of the method of Fink & Soh for following vortex-sheet motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Gregory R. Baker
Gregory R. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Abstract

Fink & Soh (1978) reported a technique to calculate numerically the motion of vortex sheets. They claim it gives reliable results. This paper re-examines the error in the calculation of the velocity of mesh points representing the sheet and shows that the test case used by Fink & Soh is not an adequate one. Instead the roll-up of a vortex sheet shed by a ring wing is studied. The results obtained proved unreliable. (Although several possibilities are discussed) the reason for the breakdown in results remains unknown.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , 11 September 1980 , pp. 209 - 220
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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