Simulation of flow between concentric rotating spheres. Part 1. Steady states

DOI10.1017/S0022112087003069zbMath0645.76117MaRDI QIDQ3789270

Laurette S. Tuckerman, Philip S. Marcus

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

Taylor vorticesmeridional velocityAxisymmetric spherical Couette flowconcentric differentially rotating spheres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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