Bedforms in a turbulent stream: formation of ripples by primary linear instability and of dunes by nonlinear pattern coarsening

DOI10.1017/S0022112009993466zbMath1189.76239arXiv0805.3417MaRDI QIDQ3573271

Bruno Andreotti, Philippe Claudin, Antoine Fourrière

Publication date: 30 June 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3417

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76F40: Turbulent boundary layers

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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