The effect of prandtl number on the evolution and stability of Kelvin—Helmholtz billows

DOI10.1080/03091928508210082zbMath0584.76046OpenAlexW2124948085WikidataQ114640480 ScholiaQ114640480MaRDI QIDQ3707638

G. P. Klaassen, W. R. Peltier

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928508210082

zbMATH Keywords

two-dimensional numerical modelnonlinear evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz billowsoverturning fluidthree-dimensional infinitesimal perturbationstime dependent two-dimensional wave statesunstable against longitudinal disturbanceswave energy cycle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Uses Software

• EISPACK

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