Kármán vortex street

repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow of a fluid around blunt bodies
Thing flow_type Q1044416
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Summary

Kármán vortex street is a flow type[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of flow_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,016 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kármán vortex street's instance of is recorded as flow type[3].
  • Theodore von Kármán is named after Kármán vortex street[4].
  • Kármán vortex street is a type of fluid flow[5].
  • Kármán vortex street's Commons category is recorded as Von Kármán vortex streets[6].
  • Kármán vortex street comprises vortex[7].
  • Kármán vortex street's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Von Kármán vortex streets[8].
  • Kármán vortex street's Commons gallery is recorded as Von Kármán vortex street[9].
  • Kármán vortex street's different from is recorded as Von Kármán swirling flow[10].
  • Kármán vortex street's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[11].

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Definition and Type

Kármán vortex street's instance of is recorded as flow type[3]. It is a type of fluid flow[5].

Origins

Theodore von Kármán is named after Kármán vortex street[4].

Use and Application

Kármán vortex street comprises vortex[7].

Why It Matters

Kármán vortex street ranks in the top 7% of flow_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,016 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Von Kármán swirling flow
    Environment ontology id → 01001109
    Subclass of → —
    Has part(s) → vortex
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01001109, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355709|Karman vortex street (#143355709)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Envir"
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