Small Reynolds number instabilities in two-layer Couette flow

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-252

  Albert, Fabrice ^a   Charru, François ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MODAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0034156717     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0997-7546(00)00109-6     Document Type: Article

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