The Kelvin–Helmholtz to Holmboe instability transition in stratified exchange flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112002003397zbMath1063.76506MaRDI QIDQ4655757

Gregory N. Ivey, Andrew Mcc. Hogg

Publication date: 8 March 2005

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76E17: Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability

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