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Notes on the multiplicity of flows in the Taylor experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

T. Brooke Benjamin  and
T. Mullin
T. Brooke Benjamin
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24/29 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, U.K.
T. Mullin
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24/29 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, U.K.
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Abstract

A representative set of experimental observations is presented demonstrating a remarkably large number of distinct steady flows that all subsist on the same boundary conditions. Commentary on the significance of these and related findings re-emphasizes previous proposals about the interpretation of the Taylor experiment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 121 , August 1982 , pp. 219 - 230
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© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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