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Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
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Vortices are common features in fluid flows, They have important implications for the flight of airplanes where they are generated by boundary layer processes. Wing tip vortices are a limiting factor for the frequency with which airplanes can take off.
An example of a much larger scale vortex is a hurricane. Flow at these scales is strongly affected by the earth's rotation: the flow around a hurricane is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
September 18, 2003
Photo Credit: Gallery of Fluid Motion, Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 5, September 1993. Contribution by Hiroshi Higuchi (Syracuse University).
Contact Info
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32700
Fax: 519-746-4319
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.