Fig. 6. Measurements of Lagrangian drift induced by translating fluid vortices.
Vortex is indicated by black arrow. (A) Vortex approaches several planar
Lagrangian surfaces downstream of the vortex generator (several more planes
further downstream not shown); t=0.07 s. (B,C) Fluid vortices
interact with Lagrangian surfaces in a manner similar to that observed for the
inviscid sphere solution. Initially planar surfaces are deformed to horn-like
shapes; t=3.34 s and 13.3 s, respectively. (D-F) Individual
Lagrangian particle paths corresponding to t=0.07 s, 3.34 s and 13.3
s, respectively.