The onset of turbulence in finite-amplitude Kelvin–Helmholtz billows

eigenvalue secondary instability initial conditions nonlinear vortex fastest-growing modes initial parallel flow longitudinal symmetry overturning of the stratified fluid statically unstable regions three- dimensional infinitesimal perturbations timescale constraint Two-dimensional finite-amplitude Kelvin-Helmholtz waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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