Abstract
It is shown that particle motion is integrable in any vorticity-conserving, two-dimensional incompressible flow if the vorticity is a differentiable function whose gradient never vanishes. More generally, the result is true if any Lagrangian invariant replaces the vorticity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2875-2876 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Physics of Fluids |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes