The nonlinear critical layer resulting from the spatial or temporal evolution of weakly unstable disturbances in shear flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 318, Issue , 1996, Pages 189-221

  Churilov, S M ^a   Shukhman, I G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; HABERMAN PARAMETER; LOGARITHMIC PHASE JUMP; NONLINEAR CRITICAL LAYERS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CRITICAL FLOWRATES; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0030184084     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007082     Document Type: Article

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