Solution of Rayleigh's instability equation for arbitrary wind profiles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 500, Issue , 2004, Pages 65-73

  Beji, S ^a   Nadaoka, K ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

BESSEL EQUATION; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; WATER WAVE; WIND;

EID: 1542380386     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003007262     Document Type: Article

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