Generalized Rayleigh criterion for non-axisymmetric centrifugal instabilities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 542, Issue , 2005, Pages 365-379

  Billant, Paul ^a   Gallaire, François ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VORTEX FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITIES; NON AXISYMMETRIC PERTURBATIONS; RAYLEIGH CRITERION; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 27844504287     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006464     Document Type: Article

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