Hydrodynamic Impulse in a Compressible Fluid
Fluid Dynamics
2015-05-14 v3
Abstract
A suitable expression for hydrodynamic impulse in a compressible fluid is deduced. The development of appropriate impulse formulation for compressible Euler equations confirms the propriety of the hydrodynamic impulse expression for a compressible fluid given here. Implications of the application of this formulation to a compressible vortex ring are pointed out. A variational characterization for an axisymmetric vortex system moving steadily in an ideal, compressible fluid is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.3223,
title = {Hydrodynamic Impulse in a Compressible Fluid},
author = {Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3223},
year = {2015}
}