Holmboe's instability in exchange flows

DOI10.1017/S002211200000286XzbMath0963.76505OpenAlexW2032871054MaRDI QIDQ2711547

David Z. Zhu, Gregory A. Lawrence

Publication date: 1 July 2001

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211200000286x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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