On the application of the Kelvin-Arnol'd energy principle to the stability of forced two-dimensional inviscid flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 356, Issue , 1998, Pages 221-257

  Davidson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FINITE AMPLITUDE PERTURBATIONS; HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE; INVISCID FLOW; ISOMAGNETIC PERTURBATIONS; KELVIN-ARNOL'D ENERGY PRINCIPLE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EULER FLOW; FLUID FLOW; STABILITY;

EULER FLOW; FLUID FLOW; STABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0032501936     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007854     Document Type: Article

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