A note on nonlinear corrections to the Ekman layer pumping velocity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Hart, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; PUMPING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034130305     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870300     Document Type: Article

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