The nonlinear behaviour of a constant vorticity layer at a wall

DOI10.1017/S0022112081002188zbMath0478.76026MaRDI QIDQ3936352

D. I. Pullin

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

material interface; complex variable formulation; infinite layer; nonlinear behaviour; constant vorticity layer at wall; cyclic initial conditions; initial-value problem for motion of interface; water-bag method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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