Vortex induced vibration — Vortex induced vibrations (VIV) are motions induced on bodies facing an external flow by periodical irregularities on this flow. The classical example is the VIV of an underwater cylinder. You can see how this happens by putting a cylinder into… … Wikipedia
Vortex — A vortex (pl. vortices ) is a spinning, often turbulent, flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed streamlines is vortex flow. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex. The speed and rate of rotation of the… … Wikipedia
Vortex I — infobox music festival music festival name = Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life caption = location = Milo McIver State Park near Estacada, Oregon years active = 1970 founders = People s Army Jamboree and Oregon governor Tom McCall dates … Wikipedia
Polar vortex — The polar vortex is a persistent, large scale cyclone located near the Earth s poles, in the middle and upper troposphere and the stratosphere. It surrounds the polar highs and is part of the polar front. Arctic and Antarctic variationThe vortex… … Wikipedia
Extinction vortex — Extinction vortices are a class of models through which conservation biologists, geneticists and ecologists can understand the dynamics of and categorize extinctions in the context of their causes. Developed by M. E. Gilpin and M. E. Soulé in… … Wikipedia
Josephson vortex — In superconductivity, a Josephson vortex is a vortex of supercurrent in a long Josephson junction (LJJ). The supercurrents circulate around the vortex center which is situated inside the Josephson barrier. Opposite to Abrikosov vortices in type… … Wikipedia
крупномасштабный вихрь — (напр. в вихревой горелке топки котла) [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN large scale vortexLSV … Справочник технического переводчика
Tornado — This article is about the weather phenomenon. For other uses, see Tornado (disambiguation). For the current tornado season, see Tornadoes of 2011 … Wikipedia
tornado — tornadic /tawr nad ik, nay dik/, adj. tornadolike, adj. /tawr nay doh/, n., pl. tornadoes, tornados. 1. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel shaped cloud… … Universalium
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fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… … Universalium