Experimental investigation of absolute instability of a rotating-disk boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 565, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-94

  Othman, H ^a   Corke, T C ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

CONTROLLED TEMPORAL DISTURBANCES; CROSSFLOW MODES; ROTATING-DISK BOUNDARY LAYER;

ROTATING DISKS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; LINEAR EQUATIONS; ROTATING DISKS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTABILITY; ROTATING FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33749319236     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001546     Document Type: Article

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