A new class of instabilities of rotating flows

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 605-613

  Lifschitz, A ^a   Miyazaki, T ^b   Fabuonas, B ^a,c   Lipton, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Global instabilities; Local instabilities; Rotating fluids; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005175792     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0997-7546(98)80015-0     Document Type: Article

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