Karman vortex trail

Karman vortex trail
A double trail of vortices formed alternately on both sides of a cylinder or a similar body moving at right angles to its axis through a fluid, with the vortices in one row rotating in a direction opposite to that of the other row. This is named after Theodore Von Karman (1881–1963).
Simplified wing vortex system.

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