Stability of the boundary layer on a sphere rotating in still fluid

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 243-253

  Taniguchi, H ^a,c   Kobayashi, R ^b   Fukunishi, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPHERES; VORTEX FLOW;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0031645594     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01176749     Document Type: Article

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