On the equatorial Ekman layer

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.493zbMath1456.76040arXiv1602.08647OpenAlexW3106028384WikidataQ57946369 ScholiaQ57946369MaRDI QIDQ4976846

Andrew M. Soward, Florence Marcotte, Emmanuel Dormy

Publication date: 2 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.08647

zbMATH Keywords

rotating flowsboundary layer structurefree shear layers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Geophysical flows (76U60)

Related Items (6)

Spin-down in a rapidly rotating cylinder container with mixed rigid and stress-free boundary conditions ⋮ Stress-driven spin-down of a viscous fluid within a spherical shell ⋮ Mathematical study of the equatorial Ekman boundary layer ⋮ Internal shear layers from librating objects ⋮ Damping effects in boundary layers for rotating fluids with small viscosity ⋮ Stewartson-layer instability in a wide-gap spherical Couette experiment: Rossby number dependence

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