Dynamics of vorticity defects in shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 333, Issue , 1997, Pages 197-230

  Balmforth, N J ^a   Del Castillo Negrete, D ^b   Young, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; STABILITY; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

VORTICITY DEFECTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0031079983     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004119     Document Type: Article

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