[1645–55; ‹ L vortic- (s. of vortexvortex) + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1645–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: capsule, simmer, soup, vibration, vortex
Examples of 'vortical' in a sentence
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Interacting among them, these phenomena generate a complicated turbulent cloud with a vortical arrangement.
Francesca Gnani, Kin Hing Lo, Hossein Zare-Behtash, Konstantinos Kontis 2015, 'Shock Wave Diffraction Phenomena around Slotted Splitters', Aerospace (Basel)http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/2/1/1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the left atrium all subjects except one had counter-clockwise vortical flow.
Jehill D Parikh, Jayant Kakarla, Bernard Keavney, John J O'Sullivan, Gary A Ford,Andrew M Blamire, Kieren G Hollingsworth, Louise Coats 2017, '4D flow MRI assessment of right atrial flow patterns in the normal heart - influenceof caval vein arrangement and implications for the patent foramen ovale.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5345792?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The oscillating external electric field periodically generate and destroy such unsteady vortical structures.
Jeonglae Kim, Scott Davidson, Ali Mani 2019, 'Characterization of Chaotic Electroconvection near Flat Inert Electrodes under OscillatoryVoltages', Micromachineshttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/3/161. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Finally, movement of vortical structures through the infrarenal aorta and lesion can significantly affect thrombogenicity.
D. Bhagavan, P. Di Achille, J. D. Humphrey 2018, 'Strongly Coupled Morphological Features of Aortic Aneurysms Drive Intraluminal Thrombus',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-31637-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Numerical studies have been performed to visualize vortical flow structures emerged from jet cross-flow interactions.
Yufeng Yao, Mohamad Maidi, Jun Yao 2012, 'Effect of Jet Inclination Angle and Hole Exit Shape on Vortical Flow Structures inLow-Reynolds Number Jet in Cross-Flow', Modelling and Simulation in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/632040. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The vortical structures show changes in shape as they move downstream from the nozzle.
B.T. Kannan, P. Ssheshan, Sundararaj Senthilkumar 2016, 'Large Eddy Simulation of isothermal cruciform jet flow: Preliminary results', Perspectives in Sciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213020916000045. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The instantaneous vortical structures within the cylinder patch are clearly predicted by the numerical model.
Jingxin Zhang, Xiang Fan, Dongfang Liang, Hua Liu 2019, 'Numerical investigation of nonlinear wave passing through finite circular array ofslender cylinders', Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2018.1557561. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The size of the vortical structures showed a dependence on the pulsed actuation timing parameters.
Julie A. Vernet, Ramis Örlü, P. Henrik Alfredsson 2018, 'Flow separation control by dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuation via pulsedmomentum injection', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5037770. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)