Visualization of flows in curved channels with a moderate or high rotation speed

International Journal of Rotating Machinery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-231

  Wang, Liqiu ^a   Cheng, K C ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coriolis vortices; Dean vortices; Rotating curved flow; Secondary instability; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039932265     PISSN: 1023621X     EISSN: 15423034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1023621X97000201     Document Type: Article

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