Spatio-temporal mode dynamics and higher order transitions in high aspect ratio Newtonian TaylorCouette flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 641, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-113

  Dutcher, Cari S ^a   Muller, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; TaylorCouette flow; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PLASMA STABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AXISYMMETRIC STATE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; PRIMARY INSTABILITY; ROTATING CYLINDERS; TAYLOR COUETTE FLOW; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; WEAKLY TURBULENT;

ASPECT RATIO;

GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76349119451     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991431     Document Type: Article

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