Linear stability of rotating convection in an imposed shear flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 350, Issue , 1997, Pages 271-293

  Matthews, Paul ^a   Cox, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031270795     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006903     Document Type: Article

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