On the instability of wave-catalysed longitudinal vortices in strong shear

DOI10.1017/S0022112094004453zbMath0815.76032MaRDI QIDQ4318530

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Publication date: 5 January 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112094004453

zbMATH Keywords

generalized Lagrangian-mean formulation; inviscid instability; modified Rayleigh equation; wave distortion; non-uniform shear beneath free-surface waves; uniform shear between wavy walls

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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