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Chapter 5<br />

H3 Y=0 Oy=i m Y=2 D-y=3<br />

•D Y=7 O-Y-8 -O Y=9 •«•¥•= 10<br />

Y=6<br />

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X-coordinate (convection velocity x time)<br />

Figure 16. Time-averaged vertical velocity induced below the<br />

mid-plane <strong>of</strong> a moving Rankine vortex over 10 timesteps.<br />

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O<br />

O<br />

ft<br />

VI<br />

— 10 Step<br />

average<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50<br />

-6 - ——————— l —————— l —————— 1 —————— l ——————— l —<br />

-7 -<br />

-9 --<br />

100 Step<br />

average<br />

Moving<br />

core ^Core<br />

trajectory<br />

60 70 80<br />

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C -14 --<br />

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X-coordinate (convection velocity x time)<br />

Figure 17. Time-averaged and time-dependent trajectories <strong>of</strong> a<br />

particle in a moving Rankine vortex. The trajectories in the<br />

time-averaged flows are inclined downwards whereas the<br />

time-dependent trajectory follows a near cycloid path.

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