Fluctuation growth and instability associated with a singularity of the balance equations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2587-2596

  McWilliams, James C ^a   Yavneh, Irad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0006713841     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869772     Document Type: Article

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