Karman Vortex Street

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Karman Vortex Street

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(After Theodore von Karman, 1881-1963, Hungarian-born American scientist). A double trail of vortices formed alternately on both sides of a cylinder or similar body moving at right angles to its axis through a fluid, the cortices in one row rotating in a direction opposite to that of the other row. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use