Mathematical Modeling of Tornados

Our group includes:   Pavel Belik   Doug Dokken   Kurt Scholz   Misha Shvartsman

Recent Papers (2014 and thereafter): 

Applications of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Vortex Gases in Tornado Theory,  

Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Volume 15, Number 3, 175-205, 2025

DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2025.153011

Equilibrium Energy and Entropy of Vortex Filaments in the Context of Tornadogenesis and Tornadic Flows,  

Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Volume 13, Number 3, 144-176, 2023

DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2023.133012

On the Axisymmetric Steady Incompressible Beltrami Flows, 

Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Volume 10, 208-238, 2020
DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2020.103014

Possible Implications of Self-Similarity for Tornadogenesis and Maintenance,
AIMS Mathematics, Special Topic Mathematical Analysis in Fluid Dynamics, Volume 3, Issue 3, 365-390, 2018
DOI: 10.3934/Math.2018.3.365  

Applications of Vortex Gas Models to Tornadogenesis and Maintenance,
Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Volume 7, Number 4, 596-622, 2017
DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2017.74040

Fractal Powers in Serrin's Swirling Vortex Solutions
Asymptotic Analysis, Volume 90, Issues 1-2, 53-82, 2014
DOI: 10.3233/ASY-141228