COUETTE FLOW


Meaning of COUETTE FLOW in English

/kooh et"/ , Mech.

the flow of a fluid between two surfaces that have tangential relative motion, as of a liquid between two coaxial cylinders that have different angular velocities.

[ couette, lit., feather bed (in machinery, a bearing). See QUILT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .