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the universal stroke-to-diameter ratio, about four, beyond which a vortex ring generated by a piston stops growing and pinches off from its trailing jet.

In fluid mechanics, vortex ring formation number refers to the universal stroke-to-diameter ratio, about four, beyond which a vortex ring generated by a piston stops growing and pinches off from its trailing jet. This meaning comes from Gharib (1998) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Gharib, M., Rambod, E., & Shariff, K. (1998). A universal time scale for vortex ring formation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 360, 121-140. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097008410

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