Structural stability theory of two-dimensional fluid flow under stochastic forcing

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 682, Issue , 2011, Pages 332-361

  Bakas, Nikolaos A ^a   Ioannou, Petros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

general fluid mechanics; instability; turbulent flows

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FLUID MECHANICS; PLASMA STABILITY; STABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

COMPETING MECHANISMS; GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS; HOMOGENEOUS FLUIDS; RANDOM EXCITATIONS; STOCHASTIC FORCING; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW; VORTICITY GRADIENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; JET FLOW; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 80052149942     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.228     Document Type: Article

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