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In the paper, we show how the assumption of helical symmetry in the context of 2D helical vortices can be exploited to analyse and to model various cases of rotating flows. From theory, examples of three basic applications of 2D dynamics of helical vortices embedded in flows with helical symmetry of the vorticity field are addressed. These included some of the problems related to vortex breakdown, instability of far wakes behind rotors and vortex theory of ideal rotors.
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Okulov, V.L., Sørensen, J.N. Applications of 2D helical vortex dynamics. Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 24, 395–401 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-009-0136-3
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