Parametric instability in oscillatory shear flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 481, Issue , 2003, Pages 329-353

  Poulin, Francis J ^a   Flierl, G R ^b   Pedlosky, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

PARAMETRIC INSTABILITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; VORTICITY;

EID: 0038476374     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003004051     Document Type: Article

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