On shear sheltering and the structure of vortical modes in single- and two-fluid boundary layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112008005648zbMath1171.76365MaRDI QIDQ3184097

Sandeep Saha, Tamer A. Zaki

Publication date: 13 October 2009

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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