On the formation of Moore curvature singularities in vortex sheets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 378, Issue , 1999, Pages 233-267

  Cowley, Stephen J ^a   Baker, Greg R ^b   Tanveer, Saleh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MOORE CURVATURE SINGULARITIES; VORTEX SHEETS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032668333     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003334     Document Type: Article

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