On the role of viscosity in shear instabilities

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 368-373

  Villermaux, Emmanuel ^a  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; SHEAR LAYER; VISCOSITY;

INSTABILITY; SHEAR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031746380     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869529     Document Type: Article

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