von Kármán vortex street

English
Animation of vortex street created by a cylindrical object; the flow on opposite sides of the object is given different colors, showing that the vortices are shed from alternating sides of the object.

Etymology

After Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán.

Alternative forms

Noun

von Kármán vortex street (plural von Kármán vortex streets)

  1. (physics) A double row of vortices in a fluid sometimes found in the wake of a cylindrical body (such as in a river, downstream of a bridge support), eddies being produced from alternate sides of the body.

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