Instability mechanisms in swirling flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2622-2639

  Gallaire, F ^a   Chomaz, J M ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; VORTEX FLOW;

SWIRLING FLOWS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW STABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PLUG FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0141761336     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1589011     Document Type: Article

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