Experimental evidence of internal solitary wave-induced global instability in shallow water benthic boundary layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Carr, Magda ^a   Davies, P A ^b   Shivaram, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLITONS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRITICAL AMPLITUDES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GLOBAL INSTABILITY; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; TIME-DEPENDENT BOUNDARY; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 47149089993     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2931693     Document Type: Article

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