A new convective instability of the rotating-disk boundary layer with growth normal to the disk

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 560, Issue , 2006, Pages 279-310

  Healey, J J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; WALL FLOW;

COMPLEX WAVENUMBER PLANE; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; ROTATING-DISK BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; WALL FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EIGENVALUE; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33748269675     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000504     Document Type: Article

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