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Nonlinear Taylor vortices and their stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

C. A. Jones
C. A. Jones
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School of Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Abstract

Axisymmetric numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations for flow between rotating cylinders are obtained. The stability of these solutions to non-axisymmetric perturbations is considered and the results of these calculations are compared with recent experiments.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 102 , January 1981 , pp. 249 - 261
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© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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