Experimental investigation of a two-layer shearing instability in a cylindrical Couette cell

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2385-2392

  Gallagher, Christopher T ^a   Leighton, David T ^a   McCready, Mark J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUETTE FLOW; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0030450652     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869023     Document Type: Article

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