Reappraisal of the Kelvin-Helmholtz problem. Part 2. Interaction of the Kelvin-Helmholtz, superharmonic and Benjamin-Feir instabilities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 333, Issue , 1997, Pages 327-373

  Benjamin, T Brooke ^a   Bridges, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FLOW INTERACTIONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

HAMILTONIAN;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031079913     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004284     Document Type: Article

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