Nonlinear critical Reynolds number of a stratified plane Poiseuille flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1127-1129

  li, H S ^a   Fujimura, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

COUETTE FLOW; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040425924     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868905     Document Type: Letter

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