On the formation of longitudinal vortices in a turbulent boundary layer over wavy terrain

DOI10.1017/S0022112096008336zbMath0920.76027MaRDI QIDQ4354533

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Publication date: 23 September 1999

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

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvalue problempower lawlogarithmic lawgeneralized Lagrangian-mean formulationmodified Rayleigh equationCraik-Leibovich instabilityspanwise-independent neutral rotational Rayleigh waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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