Two-fluid Taylor-Couette flow with countercurrent axial flow: Linear theory for immiscible liquids between corotating cylinders

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 294-303

  Baier, Gretchen ^a   Graham, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COUETTE FLOW; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034118268     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870308     Document Type: Article

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