Elliptic instability of a stratified fluid in a rotating cylinder

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 660, Issue , 2010, Pages 240-257

  Guimbard, D ^a,b   Le Dizes S ^a   Le Bars, M ^a   Le Gal, P ^a   Leblanc, S ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

stratified flows; vortex instability; waves in rotating fluids

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); OSCILLATING CYLINDERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANGULAR FREQUENCIES; CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY; ELLIPTIC INSTABILITY; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; STRATIFIED FLOWS; STRONG STRATIFICATION; VORTEX INSTABILITY; WAVES IN ROTATING FLUIDS;

STABILITY;

CYLINDER; ECCENTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW STABILITY; INSTABILITY; ROTATING FLOW; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; THEORETICAL STUDY; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77957139879     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010002636     Document Type: Article

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