Secondary instability and three-dimensionalization in a laboratory accelerating shear layer with varying density differences

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 125-138

  Caulfield, C P ^a,c   Yoshida, S ^b   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATING LAYER; INSTABILITY; SHEAR LAYER; STRATIFIED SHEAR FLOW; THREE- DIMENSIONALIZATION; TILTED TANK EXPERIMENT; TOTAL DENSITY DIFFERENCE; TURBULENT BREAKDOWN;

ACCELERATING; INSTABILITY; SECONDARY; SHEAR LAYERS; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0029657518     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00418-1     Document Type: Article

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