Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2006
The effect of rotation on the flow around an obstacle in a Hele Shaw cell is considered. For the flow outside the strip-shaped boundary layer near the obstacle, it is shown that the rotating and non-rotating cases are related by a simple transformation. The flow in the boundary layer near the obstacle is computed numerically and its relation to the Stewartson E¼ and $E^{\frac{1}{3}}$ layers is briefly discussed.