An experimental study of edge effects on rotating-disk transition

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.564zbMath1284.76020OpenAlexW2170784767WikidataQ59155229 ScholiaQ59155229MaRDI QIDQ5406513

P. Henrik Alfredsson, S. Imayama, R. J. Lingwood

Publication date: 1 April 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.564

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer stabilitytransition to turbulenceabsolute/convective instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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