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The theory of trailing Taylor columns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. J. Lighthill
M. J. Lighthill
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge
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Abstract

When Rossby number is small but Ekman number is very much smaller, study of the flow field far from a body moving at right angles to the axis of rotation of a large body of fluid indicates that the region of influence should not be a Taylor column parallel to the axis, but a trailing Taylor column, bent backwards on both sides of the body at a small angle (proportional to Rossby number) to the axis. The paper reviews the physical significance of, and experimental evidence for, this conclusion.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , September 1970 , pp. 485 - 491
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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