Wavenumber selection and Eckhaus instability in Couette-Taylor flow

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WavenumberTaylor–Couette flowReynolds numberCouette flowInstabilityMechanicsVortexPhysicsAmplitudeFlow (mathematics)Classical mechanicsMathematicsStatistical physicsOpticsTurbulence

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University of California, Santa Barbara US

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Year: 1986
Type: article
Volume: 23
Issue: 1-3
Pages: 202-219
Citations: 75
Access: Closed

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                                    Guenter Ahlers, 
                                
                                    David S. Cannell, 
                                
                                    M. A. Dominguez-Lerma
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1986). 
                            Wavenumber selection and Eckhaus instability in Couette-Taylor flow. 
                            Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
                            , 23
                            (1-3)
                            , 202-219.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(86)90129-6
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(86)90129-6

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