On the evolution of near-singular modes of the Bickley jet

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2546-2555

  Swaters, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000570140     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870117     Document Type: Article

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