On the creation of stagnation points near straight and sloped walls

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-431

  Mullin, T ^a   Kobine, J J ^b   Tavener, S J ^c   Cliffe, K A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATING FLOW; STAGNATION FLOW; STAGNATION POINT;

EID: 0034129242     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870320     Document Type: Article

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