Nonlinear secondary flow through a rotating channel

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 564, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-55

  Wall, D P ^a   Nagata, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW STABILITY; ROTATING CHANNEL; SECONDARY FLOW; SPANWISE AXIS; STREAMWISE WAVENUMBER;

CHANNEL FLOW;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BIFURCATION; CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748871119     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001157     Document Type: Article

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