On the weakly nonlinear three-dimensional instability of shear layers to pairs of oblique waves: The Stokes layer as a paradigm

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 253, Issue , 1993, Pages 681-721

  Cowley, Stephen J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR LAYERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY;

EID: 0027507467     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112093001958     Document Type: Article

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