Convective and absolute instabilities of fluid flows in finite geometry

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-72

  Tobias, S M ^a,b   Proctor, M R E ^a   Knobloch, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex Ginzburg Landau equation; Front formation; Hydrodynamic instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244448107     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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