Kinematics of horizontal simple shear zones of concentric arcs (Taylor-Couette flow) with incompressible Newtonian rheology

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 597-602

  Mukherjee, Soumyajit ^a   Biswas, Rakesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Couette flow; Inhomogeneous deformation; Newtonian fluid; Shear sense; Shear zone; Simple shear

Indexed keywords

COUETTE FLOW; DEFORMATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 84894256362     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-013-0973-6     Document Type: Article

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