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20242026
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5 papers

physics.flu-dyn2026

Quadruple decomposition of boundary vorticity flux

Tao Chen, Tianshu Liu

First introduced by Lighthill in 1963 for two-dimensional flows and later generalized by Jie-Zhi Wu to three-dimensional scenarios since 1986, the boundary vorticity flux (BVF) is…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Vorticity-dynamical analysis of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability based on orbital-spin vorticity decomposition

Xi Chen, Tao Chen, Tianshu Liu

The present study provides a detailed vorticity-dynamical analysis of shock-driven hydrodynamic physics in canonical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) flows: shock interaction wi…

physics.flu-dyn2025

A general kinematic theory of fluid-element rotation and intrinsic vorticity decompositions

Tao Chen, Jie-Zhi Wu, Feng Mao +1

The present study proposes a general kinematic theory for fluid-element rotation and intrinsic vorticity decompositions within the context of vorticity and vortex dynamics. Both th…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Physical structures of boundary fluxes of orbital rotation and spin for incompressible viscous flow

Tao Chen

Vorticity is locally created on a boundary at the rate measured by the boundary vorticity flux, which can be further decomposed as the sum of the orbital rotation and the (generali…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Boundary sources of velocity gradient tensor and its invariants

Tao Chen, Jie-Zhi Wu, Tianshu Liu +1

The present work elucidates the boundary behaviors of the velocity gradient tensor () and its principal invariants () for compressible flow in…