Equilibrium and travelling-wave solutions of plane Couette flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 638, Issue , 2009, Pages 243-266

  Gibson, J F ^a   Halcrow, J ^a   Cvitanovi, P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; DIMENSIONAL SUBSPACE; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PARTIAL CLASSIFICATIONS; PLANE COUETTE FLOW; TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTION; UNSTABLE MANIFOLD;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 71049195105     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009990863     Document Type: Article

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