On the weakly nonlinear three-dimensional instability of shear layers to pairs of oblique waves: the Stokes layer as a paradigm

DOI10.1017/S0022112093001958zbMath0789.76041MaRDI QIDQ3137621

Xuesong Wu, Stephen J. Cowley, Sang Soo Lee

Publication date: 13 October 1993

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

zbMATH Keywords

finite-time singularityperiodic oscillationviscous effectshigh-Reynolds-number shear layerpair of oblique wavesunsteady critical-layer approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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