An experimental study of absolute instability of the rotating-disk boundary-layer flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 314, Issue , 1996, Pages 373-405

  Lingwood, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; PLATE METAL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW TRANSITIONS; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; WAVE PACKETS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; INSTABILITY; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 0030149749     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000365     Document Type: Article

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