On the role of optimal perturbations in the instability of monochromatic gravity waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Achatz, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY GRAVITY WAVES (HGW); INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES (IGW); MONOCHROMATIC GRAVITY WAVES; OPTIMAL PERTURBATION THEORY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVIMETRY; INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144472702     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2046709     Document Type: Article

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