Large growth rate instabilities in three-layer flow down an incline in the limit of zero Reynolds number

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3270-3282

  Weinstein, Steven J ^a   Chen, Kang Ping ^b  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

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EID: 0040315044     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870187     Document Type: Article

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