von Kármán vortex street

See also: von Karman 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.

Alternative forms

• von Karman vortex street

Etymology

After Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán.

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.

Synonyms

• Kármán vortex street
• Karman vortex street
• Kármán street
• Karman street