Ekman pumping in compact astrophysical bodies

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 312, Issue , 1996, Pages 327-340

  Abney, Mark ^a,b,c   Epstein, Richard I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EKMAN; NEUTRON STARS; PUMPING; ROTATING; SOLIDS; VISCOUS FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ROTATION; SURFACES; VELOCITY;

ASTROPHYSICAL BODIES; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; EKMAN PUMPING; ROTATING VISCOUS FLUID; SPIN PERIOD DISCONTINUITIES; SPIN-UP;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030111550     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096002030     Document Type: Article

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