The first instability in spherical Taylor-Couette flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112086000150zbMath0601.76064MaRDI QIDQ3737063

Géza Schrauf

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

instability regionaxisymmetric Navier-Stokes equationsTaylor vorticessymmetry-breaking bifurcationsContinuation methodsgap sizeregion of existence of the flowstability of spherical Couette flowtransition with hysteresis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Taylor vortices between two concentric rotating spheres
• Viscous incompressible flow between concentric rotating spheres. Part 1. Basic flow

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