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vortex line

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Also known as: vortex filament

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In fluid mechanics: Potential flow with circulation: vortex lines
…then referred to as a vortex line. Each small element of fluid outside the core, if examined in isolation for a short interval of time, appears to be undergoing translation without rotation, and the local vorticity is zero. Were it not so, the viscous torques would not cancel and the…
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