On the structure and formation of spiral Taylor–Görtler vortices in spherical Couette flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112000003128zbMath0996.76091OpenAlexW2125280208MaRDI QIDQ2710582

Weiming Sha, Koichi Nakabayashi

Publication date: 29 October 2002

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000003128

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsdirect numerical simulationviscous incompressible fluidCouette flowspherical polar coordinatesapproximate factorization methodsecond-order accurete finite difference methodsupercritical spiral Taylor-Görtler vortex flowthree-dimensional spherical shell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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