The continuous spectrum of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. Part 1. The spectrum and the eigenfunctions

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DOI10.1017/S0022112078002918zbMath0383.76031MaRDI QIDQ4162831

Harold Salwen, Chester E. Grosch

Publication date: 1978

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




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