Simulation of Taylor-Couette flow. Part 2. Numerical results for wavy-vortex flow with one travelling wave

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 146, Issue , 1984, Pages 65-113

  Marcus, Philip S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVES;

TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW; TRAVELING WAVES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0021500531     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112084001774     Document Type: Article

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