Numerical investigation of the formation of three-dimensional structures in stably-stratified mixing layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1449-1473

  Cortesi, A B ^a   Yadigaroglu, G ^b   Banerjee, S ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0000258502     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869667     Document Type: Article

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