| Abstract: | The problem of the axisymmetric motion of a fluid between infinite disks is solved by the method of matched asymptotic expansions without introducing model assumptions. For the strongly nonlinear stage of spin-down solutions are found that correspond to initial states different from rigid-body rotation, when the boundary layer is not a Kármán layer. The experimental results obtained are in qualitative and quantitative agreement with the theory.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 39–46, May–June, 1986.The authors wish to thank A. M. Obukhov and F. V. Dolzhanskii for formulating the problem and for constructive discussion. |
