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Taylor-Görtler laminar instability near a concave surface

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On the basis of linear and nonlinear approximations, a more accurate value of the critical Görtler number is found and the effect of Taylor-Görtler vortices on surface friction in the transverse direction is determined.

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Institute of Technical Thermophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhrnal, Vol. 67, Nos. 1–2, pp. 3–9, July–August, 1994.

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Khalatov, A.A., Avramenko, A.A. Taylor-Görtler laminar instability near a concave surface. J Eng Phys Thermophys 67, 679–685 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00853313

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