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Measurements at moderately large Reynolds numbers in a finite laminar circular Couette flow show that the tangential motion near the axial plane of symmetry is two-dimensional, within experimental accuracy, but is nevertheless strongly modified by end conditions.
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Coles et al. (1966) studied this question.
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