Viscous incompressible flow between concentric rotating spheres. Part 3. Linear stability and experiments

DOI10.1017/S0022112075001644zbMath0309.76032OpenAlexW1967357182MaRDI QIDQ4068338

B. R. Munson, M. Menguturk

Publication date: 1975

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112075001644

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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