On shear sheltering and the structure of vortical modes in single- and two-fluid boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 626, Issue , 2009, Pages 111-147

  Zaki, Tamer A ^a   Saha, Sandeep ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; LINEAR PERTURBATIONS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES; VORTICAL DISTURBANCE;

SHEAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DENSITY; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; VORTICITY;

EID: 67651068525     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008005648     Document Type: Article

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