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next. If we now adopt the classical scaling arguments (eg<br />

Townsend 1956) that shear layer width 6 is proportional to the<br />

downstream distance x and also assume that the vortex velocity<br />

u 0 is constant throughout its translation then a useful first<br />

idealisation is to replace the stepwise changes with a steady<br />

growth rate such that radius Ri increases proportional to time:<br />

viz,<br />

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