Secondary Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in weakly stratified shear flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 67-98

  Smyth, William D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; SYSTEM STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

KELVIN HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

SHEAR FLOW;

INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING; PRANDTL NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 0842301416     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006591     Document Type: Article

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