Stability of a stratified viscous shear flow in a tilted tube

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 344-355

  Defina, Andrea ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^a   Susin, Francesca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 6044254400     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869884     Document Type: Article

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