title: General solution for the Couette flow profile.
abstract: A general solution for the Couette velocity profile is reported. Taylor's classical one-dimensional profile is shown to be a special case of this solution for configurations whose aspect ratio is large. Numerical evaluation indicates that error between the two profiles is a logarithmic function of the aspect ratio and provides data to estimate when Taylor's profile should be replaced with the present solution.
authors.affiliation: Washington University, 4444 Forest Park Boulevard, Box 8501, Saint Louis, Missouri 63108, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wendl