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Fluid dynamics

a vortex identification rule that marks a vortex core where the second eigenvalue of a combination of strain and rotation tensors is negative.

In fluid dynamics, lambda2 criterion refers to a vortex identification rule that marks a vortex core where the second eigenvalue of a combination of strain and rotation tensors is negative. This meaning comes from Jeong (1995) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Jeong, J., & Hussain, F. (1995). On the identification of a vortex. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 285, 69-94. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112095000462

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