Model for unstable global modes in the rotating-disk boundary layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112010003836zbMath1205.76109OpenAlexW2064114959MaRDI QIDQ3075832

Jonathan J. Healey

Publication date: 17 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010003836

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer stabilityabsolute/convective instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07)

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