Turbulence-induced melting of a nonequilibrium vortex crystal in a forced thin fluid film
Turbulence-induced melting of a nonequilibrium vortex crystal in a forced thin fluid film
To gain a better understanding of recent experiments on the turbulence-induced melting of a periodic array of vortices in a thin fluid film, we perform a direct numerical simulation of the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations forced such that, at low Reynolds numbers, the steady state of the film is a square …