Numerical studies of the stability of inviscid stratified shear flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112072001065zbMath0239.76112MaRDI QIDQ5650166

Philip Hazel

Publication date: 1972

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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