On the formation of axial corner vortices during spin-up in a cylinder of square cross-section
(2015)
Journal Article
Munro, R. J., Hewitt, R., & Foster, M. (2015). On the formation of axial corner vortices during spin-up in a cylinder of square cross-section. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 772, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.219
We present experimental and theoretical results for the adjustment of a fluid (homogeneous or linearly stratified), which is initially rotating as a solid body with angular frequency Ω−ΔΩ, to a nonlinear increase ΔΩ in the angular frequency of all bo... Read More about On the formation of axial corner vortices during spin-up in a cylinder of square cross-section.