Streamwise structures and density patterns in rapid granular Couette flow: A linear stability analysis

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 553, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-32

  Alam, Meheboob ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINETIC THEORY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

DILUTE-FLOW INSTABILITY; GRANULAR COUETTE FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; STREAMWISE STRUCTURES; TAYLOR-COUETTE VORTICES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINETIC THEORY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645686699     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007913     Document Type: Article

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