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On the torque of wavy vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. M. Eagles
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The City University, London

Abstract

Numerical calculations are made of the torque required to sustain a wavy-vortex flow between rotating cylinders. The results are found to agree well with experimental work of Donnelly (1958), and give further confirmation of the validity of Davey, DiPrima & Stuart's (1968) analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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