Dynamics of a stratified shear layer with horizontal shear

DOI10.1017/S0022112006001686zbMath1177.76112OpenAlexW1998813370MaRDI QIDQ3419117

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Publication date: 6 February 2007

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006001686

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50)

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