ESS124
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Vorticity
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Vorticity is the tendency for elements of the fluid to
"spin.“.
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Vorticity can be related to the amount of “circulation”
or "rotation" (or more strictly, the local angular rate
of rotation) in a fluid.
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Definition:
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Absolute Vorticity
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Relative Vorticity
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