Experimental study of non-normal nonlinear transition to turbulence in a rotating magnetic field driven flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2803-2809

  Grants, I ^a   Gerbeth, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

CONTROL PARAMETERS;

LIQUID METALS;

CYLINDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID METAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0242381312     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1600731     Document Type: Article

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