Vortex/inflectional-wave interactions with weakly three-dimensional input

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 348, Issue , 1997, Pages 247-294

  Timoshin, S N ^a   Smith, F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

RAYLEIGH UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0642279150     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006447     Document Type: Article

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