Instability of oscillatory Stokes-Stewartson layers in a rotating fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 311, Issue , 1996, Pages 119-140

  Hart, John E ^a   Mundt, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID; INSTABILITY; OSCILLATIONS; ROTATING FLOW; STOKES-STEWARTSON LAYERS; VORTICES; OSCILLATION(FLUID;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

COLUMNAR DISTURBANCES; INERTIAL ADJUSTMENT MODEL; LINEAR INSTABILITY THEORY; ROTATING FLUID; STOKES-STEWARTSON LAYERS;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0030088179     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096002522     Document Type: Article

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