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Baroclinic-type instability in a gas centrifuge heated from above

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Takeo Sakurai
Takeo Sakurai
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Abstract

A baroclinic-type instability in a gas centrifuge heated from above is discussed. The instability is shown to be of overstable type, and estimates of the growth time scale and oscillation period of the unstable mode are given.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , 25 November 1975 , pp. 321 - 329
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© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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