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Unsteady Couette flow in a rotating system

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The unsteady Couette flow between two infinite horizontal plates induced by the non-torsional oscillations of one of the plates in a rotating system under the boundary layer approximations is investigated. An exact solution of the governing equations has been obtained by using Laplace transform technique. It is shown that when the oscillating plate situated at an infinite distance from stationary plate then the problem reduces to the unsteady boundary layer problem in a rotating system with non-torsional oscillations of the free-stream velocity.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721102, West Bengal, India

    B. K. Das, M. Guria & R. N. Jana

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Das, B.K., Guria, M. & Jana, R.N. Unsteady Couette flow in a rotating system. Meccanica 43, 517–521 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-008-9130-x

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