vortex shedding (English, noun)
expansion: vortex shedding (uncountable)
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topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An oscillating flow that occurs when a fluid flows past a bluff body at certain velocities. Vortices are created at the back of the body and detach periodically from either side of it, forming a von Kármán vortex street.
tags: uncountable
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