Transition to turbulence in rotating-disk boundary layers -- convective and absolute instabilities

DOI10.1007/S10665-006-9099-1zbMath1192.76005OpenAlexW2085445794MaRDI QIDQ877211

Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis, Hesham Othman

Publication date: 19 April 2007

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-006-9099-1

zbMATH Keywords

Absolute instabilityCross-flow instabilityRotating-disk boundary layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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