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Turbulence from Vortex Rings

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Vortex rings are easily made and seem like a good building block for turbulence.

Each color here marks flow that came from one of eight original vortex rings before their collision.

With repeated vortex ring collisions, a region of steady turbulence forms at the center.

←Fish Schooling

Partial Coalescence→

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