Turbulent plane Couette flow subject to strong system rotation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 347, Issue , 1997, Pages 289-314

  Bech, Knut H ^a   Andersson, Helge I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; STRONG ANTICYCLONIC SYSTEM ROTATION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

COUETTE FLOW; FLOW PATTERN; TURBULENCE;

COUETTE FLOW; FLOW MODELLING; ROTATING FLUIDS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031224861     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006691     Document Type: Article

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