On a class of unsteady three-dimensional Navier—Stokes solutions relevant to rotating disc flows: threshold amplitudes and finite-time singularities

DOI10.1017/S0022112092001721zbMath0765.76090OpenAlexW2168875167MaRDI QIDQ3993608

D. T. Papageorgiu, Ponnampalam Balakumar, Philip Hall

Publication date: 13 August 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112092001721

zbMATH Keywords

finite-time breakdowntime periodic flowsHowarth's exact solutionvon Kármán's exact solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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