Linear disturbances in the rotating-disk flow: a comparison between results from simulations, experiments and theory

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2015.09.010zbMath1408.76551OpenAlexW302648376WikidataQ59155204 ScholiaQ59155204MaRDI QIDQ1671417

R. J. Lingwood, S. Imayama, E. Appelquist, Philipp Schlatter, P. Henrik Alfredsson

Publication date: 6 September 2018

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2015.09.010

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationslinear stability theoryhot-wire anemometryrotating-disk boundary layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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Uses Software

• Nek5000
• SIMSON

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