Steady multipolar planar vortices with nonlinear critical layers

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-506

  Caillol, P ^a   Grimshaw, R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Multipolar planar vortices; Non linear critical layers

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AXISYMMETRIC MEAN FLOW; AYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; NONLINEAR CRITICAL LAYERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 10244239319     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091920412331294845     Document Type: Article

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