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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

Leon Kaganovskiy

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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