Transition to turbulence in rotating-disk boundary layers -- convective and absolute instabilities

DOI10.1007/s10665-006-9099-1zbMath1192.76005MaRDI QIDQ877211

Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis, Hesham Othman

Publication date: 19 April 2007

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-006-9099-1

zbMATH Keywords

Absolute instability; Cross-flow instability; Rotating-disk boundary layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E15: Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76E07: Rotation in hydrodynamic stability

76F06: Transition to turbulence

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