First transitions in circular Couette flow with axial stratification

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 365-375

  Hua, Bach Lien ^a   Le Gentil, Sylvie ^a   Orlandi, Paolo ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUETTE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0030927228     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869237     Document Type: Article

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