Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16...17g&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Jan. 1989, p. 17-20.
Mathematics
Logic
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Aircraft Wakes, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Field Configurations, Space Plasmas, Vorticity Transport Hypothesis, Coalescing, Flow Visualization, Smoke Trails, Turbulence Effects
Scientific paper
This paper discusses the phenomenological and formal similarities between the merging of aircraft vortex trails and the merging of magnetic field lines in a plasma. High-resolution photographs are shown of smoke trails from the wing tips of an airplane. These photographs show that the two vortex trails merge together downstream of the aircraft in a way similar to the merging of oppositely directed magnetic field lines in a plasma. Although there are some differences, this correspondence is apparently related to the fact that the vorticity equation in a fluid has the same mathematical form as the magnetic field equation in an MHD plasma. In both cases the merging proceeds at a rate considerably faster than would be predicted from classical estimates of the viscosity and resistivity. The enhanced merging rate in the fluid case appears to result from turbulence that increases the diffusion rate in the merging region.
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