Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 68953, 22 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/68953
Research Article
Adaptive Panel Representation for 3D Vortex Ring Motion and Instability
Department of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, 5700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota 34243, FL, USA
Received 26 September 2006; Accepted 16 October 2006
Academic Editor: Semyon M. Meerkov
Copyright © 2007 Leon Kaganovskiy. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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