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Görtler vortices: a standalone construct

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Fluid mechanics

streamwise counter-rotating vortices that arise from a centrifugal instability when a boundary layer flows along a concave wall.

In fluid mechanics, Görtler vortices refers to streamwise counter-rotating vortices that arise from a centrifugal instability when a boundary layer flows along a concave wall. This meaning comes from Saric (1994) in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Saric, W. S. (1994). Görtler Vortices. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 26(1), 379-409. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fl.26.010194.002115

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