The connection between centrifugal instability and Tollmien-Schlichting-like instability for spiral Poiseuille flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 509, Issue , 2004, Pages 331-351

  Cotrell, David L ^a   Pearlstein, Arne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CENTRIFUGATION; ROTATION;

CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY; POISEUILLE FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; COUETTE FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; INSTABILITY; POISEUILLE FLOW;

EID: 3142600856     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008857     Document Type: Article

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