Torque scaling in turbulent Taylor - Couette flow between independently rotating cylinders

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-250

  Eckhardt, Bruno ^a   Grossmann, Siegfried ^a   Peterson, W H ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOMETRY; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TORQUE;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RAYLEIGH-BENARD FLOW; TAYLOR NUMBER; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

TURBULENT FLOW;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOMETRY; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TORQUE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; CYLINDER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROTATING FLOW; TORQUE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34548153569     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007005629     Document Type: Article

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