Fluid Vortex Ring

Toroidal vortices self-propel via the Biot-Savart law. Two rings can leapfrog, collide, and reconnect — fundamental to turbulence and quantum superfluids.

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Lamb-Chaplygin

v = Γ/(4πR)
× (ln(8R/a)−¼)

Kelvin: dΓ/dt=0
(inviscid)

ω = Γδ(r−R)