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Unraveling the interplay of two counter-rotating helical vortices
Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 110509 – Published 12 November, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.110509
Abstract
This paper is associated with a video winner of a 2019 American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Gallery of Fluid Motion Award for work presented at the DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion. The original video is available online at the Gallery of Fluid Motion, https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2019.GFM.V0067.
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