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Vortex Breakdown

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Two dyed vortex rings collide head-on and break down into a turbulent cloud.

Colliding vortices with only their cores dyed develop an elliptical instability before breakdown.

A fully dyed vortex ring develops secondary filaments around its core.

The elliptical instability develops in a cascading fashion across secondary and tertiary vortex filaments.

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