Effect of slight stratification on the nonlinear spatial evolution of a weakly unstable wave in a free shear layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112097005806MaRDI QIDQ4377293zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. G. Shukhman, S. M. Churilov

Publication date 17 August 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097005806

zbMATH Keywords

Boussinesq approximationparametric investigationstratified shear flowquasi-steady critical layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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