On the existence of two-dimensional nonlinear steady states in plane Couette flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Rincon, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STEADY FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; NONLINEAR STEADY STATES; POISEUILLE FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 34547783900     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2753982     Document Type: Article

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