The stability of Falkner-Skan flows with several inflection points

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-93

  Heeg, R S ^a   Dijkstra, D ^a   Zandbergen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Falkner Skan flows; Hydrodynamic stability; Multiple inflection points

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033479941     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000330050140     Document Type: Article

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