Stability of vorticity defects in viscous shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 357, Issue , 1998, Pages 199-224

  Balmforth, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

INVISCID THEORY; NYQUIST METHOD;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0031999285     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008124     Document Type: Article

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