The influence of stratification on secondary instability in free shear layers
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DOI10.1017/S0022112091000046zbMath0721.76034OpenAlexW2020811841MaRDI QIDQ5753669
Publication date: 1991
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112091000046
density stratificationStuart vorticesinfinitesimal three-dimensional perturbationsstability of horizontaly periodic, two-dimensional, finite-amplitude Kelvin-Helmholtz billowsunstratified Kelvin-Helmholtz billows
Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)
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