Shear instability of internal solitary waves in Euler fluids with thin pycnoclines

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.366zbMATH Open1275.76100OpenAlexW2172220308MaRDI QIDQ2863408FDOQ2863408

Authors: A. Almgren, R. Tiron, Roberto Camassa 

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.366

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zbMATH Keywords

internal wavesshear layersabsolute/convective instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25) Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15)

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• Optimal transient growth in thin-interface internal solitary waves
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