Finite-amplitude rotational waves in viscous shear flows

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-47

  Phillips, W R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SHEAR WAVES; VORTEX FLOW;

EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; FINITE AMPLITUDE; LAGRANGIAN; NEUTRAL WAVE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PRIMARY INSTABILITY; ROTATIONAL WAVES; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS SHEAR;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0038936326     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9590.00084     Document Type: Article

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