An inhomogeneous Landau equation with application to spherical Couette flow in the narrow gap limit

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00181-5zbMath0966.76024WikidataQ57943710 ScholiaQ57943710MaRDI QIDQ1970096

Andrew M. Soward, Derek Harris, Andrew P. Bassom

Publication date: 16 August 2001

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2789(99)00181-5

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvalues; nonlinear evolution equation; amplitude modulation; spherical Couette flow; Taylor vortices; phase mixing; finite amplitude solutions; inhomogeneous Landau equation; linear eigensolutions; narrow gap limit; rotating concentric spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76E07: Rotation in hydrodynamic stability

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