Influence of the geometry on the structure of the flow between a pair of corotating disks

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-96

  Herrero, Joan ^a   Giralt, Francesc ^a   Humphrey, Joseph A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002111383     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869904     Document Type: Article

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