The generation of Langmuir circulations by an instability mechanism

DOI10.1017/S0022112077001980zbMath0358.76014OpenAlexW2135105328MaRDI QIDQ4131185

Alex D. D. Craik

Publication date: 1977

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112077001980

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Cites Work

• The stability of a fluid layer subjected to a step change in temperature: transient vs. frozen time analyses
• Theoretical analysis of convective instability of a growing horizontal thermal boundary layer
• Effect of Boundary Conditions on the Onset of Convection

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