A new type of boundary layer in a rapidly rotating gas

DOI10.1017/S0022112083000257zbMath0544.76122OpenAlexW2125449590MaRDI QIDQ3335385

Keizo Nakagawa, Takuya Matsuda

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083000257

zbMATH Keywords

thermal boundary layerkinematic viscosityincompressible limitrotating cylinderslayer thicknessEkmann layersStewartson layersbuoyancy layerfinite circular cylinder with end platesinfinitely long pie-shaped cylindermechanically (source-sink distribution) or thermally drivingradial pressure scale height

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gas dynamics (general theory) (76N15) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Free convection (76R10) Forced convection (76R05) Boundary-layer theory for compressible fluids and gas dynamics (76N20)

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• Source-sink flow in a gas centrifuge
• On vertical boundary layers in a rapidly rotating gas
• The structure of the Stewartson layers in a gas centrifuge. Part 2. Insulated side wall
• Gasdynamics of a centrifugal machine
• Linear theory of rotating stratified fluid motions
• The source-sink flow in a rotating system and its oceanic analogy

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