An inhomogeneous Landau equation with application to spherical Couette flow in the narrow gap limit

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00181-5zbMath0966.76024OpenAlexW2046935531WikidataQ57943710 ScholiaQ57943710MaRDI QIDQ1970096

Andrew M. Soward, Derek Harris, Andrew P. Bassom

Publication date: 16 August 2001

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2789(99)00181-5

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluesnonlinear evolution equationamplitude modulationspherical Couette flowTaylor vorticesphase mixingfinite amplitude solutionsinhomogeneous Landau equationlinear eigensolutionsnarrow gap limitrotating concentric spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07)

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