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Flow separation on a β-plane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Lee-Or Merkine
Lee-Or Merkine
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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Abstract

Boundary-layer structure of prograde and retrograde rotating flows past a cylinder on a β-plane is investigated. It is found that β inhibits boundary-layer separation for prograde flows but it exerts no influence on the boundary-layer structure for retrograde flows. The results agree with the few available experimental observations.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , 25 July 1980, pp. 399 - 409
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© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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