Overview:
Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт гидродинамики имени М. А. Лаврентьева СО РАН) is the first research institute based in ...
An underwater vortex created when rapidly rushing water passes an underwater obstacle in boundary areas of high shear.
Overview:
A kolk is an underwater vortex causing hydrodynamic scour by rapidly rushing water past an underwater obstacle. High-velocity gradients produce a high-shear rotating column of water, similar to a tornado ...