Bifurcations in Couette flow between almost corotating cylinders

DOI10.1017/S0022112086000605zbMath0623.76049OpenAlexW2158191687MaRDI QIDQ3761934

Masato Nagata

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086000605

zbMATH Keywords

coaxial cylindersoutflow boundariesTransition to turbulenceTaylor-vortex flowsecond bifurcationbifurcating flowcircular Couette systemFinite-amplitude calculationslimit of the narrow gapnon- axisymmetric disturbances

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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