Line vortex

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line vortex

An idealized, mathematical vortex consisting of the limit of the contraction of a vortex tube to a curve in space.

The flow surrounding the curve is assumed irrotational.

Batchelor, G. K. 1967. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge, . p. 93.

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