Instability of Taylor-Couette flow of helium II
- 16 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 67 (12) , 1578-1581
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.67.1578
Abstract
We report observations of the instability of Taylor-Couette flow of helium II. The results are in substantial agreement with recent calculations of Barenghi and Jones using the full modern equations of the flow of helium II. This result is the first instance of success of a linear-instability theory with the equations of helium II and is the strongest evidence available that the equations of motion and the boundary conditions used in the analysis are correct.Keywords
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