Interaction between Ekman pumping and the centrifugal instability in Taylor-Couette flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-477

  Czarny, Olivier ^a   Serre, Eric ^a   Bontoux, Patrick ^a   Lueptow, Richard M ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CENTRIFUGATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY;

PUMPS;

FLOW STABILITY; PUMPING; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

EID: 0037331618     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1534108     Document Type: Article

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