Convectively induced shear instability in large amplitude internal solitary waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Carr, Magda ^a,c   Fructus, D ^b   Grue, J ^b   Jensen, A ^b   Davies, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SOLITONS; STABILITY;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LARGE AMPLITUDE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; STRATIFIED FLUID; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 58249089835     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3030947     Document Type: Article

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