Vortex arrays for sinh-Poisson equation of two-dimensional fluids: Equilibria and stability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3296-3305

  Gurarie, D ^a   Chow, K W ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STREAM FLOW; SYSTEM STABILITY; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

EULER FLOW; PERIODIC DOMAINS; VORTEX ARRAYS;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 4544250686     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1772331     Document Type: Article

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