Nonlinear evolution of the elliptical instability: an example of inertial wave breakdown

DOI10.1017/S0022112099005959zbMath0966.76029OpenAlexW2014338483MaRDI QIDQ4951987

David M. Mason, R. R. Kerswell

Publication date: 22 August 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099005959

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulationresonancesubharmonic instabilityelliptical instabilityrotating fluid-filled cylindersmall-scale disorderweakly supercritical elliptical distortion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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