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Helicity Change

Definition of Helicity:

The rate of change of helicity is found in the following way.

Using the second term in the expression:

One arrives at the following useful expression for Helicity Change:


The volume integral term represents dissipation of helicity, and the surface integral term represents helicity loss due to flow through a surface boundary.



Riley William Crane
Mon Oct 12 02:34:20 CDT 1998