Theoretical analysis of the zigzag instability of a vertical columnar vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 419, Issue , 2000, Pages 29-63

  Billant, Paul ^a,b   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STRATIFIED FLUID; VORTEX;

EID: 0033820811     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112000001166     Document Type: Article

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