Two-dimensional secondary instabilities in a strongly stratified shear layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112095002072zbMath0867.76026MaRDI QIDQ4879246

Chantal Staquet

Publication date: 4 August 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112095002072

zbMATH Keywords

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability; stagnation point; pseudo-spectral method; density gradient; baroclinic layers; near core instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76V05: Reaction effects in flows

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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