Abstract
The stability problem of a stationary circular flow of an ideal fluid between two coaxial cylinders is considered. It is shown that Rayleigh's circulation criterion is necessary and sufficient for the total kinetic energy of an axisymmetric disturbance to be bounded in time.
Received: 1993-3-12
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1993-6-1
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