The ‘zoo’ of secondary instabilities precursory to stratified shear flow transition. Part 2 The influence of stratification

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.294zbMath1275.76103OpenAlexW2324077196MaRDI QIDQ2863309

W. R. Peltier, Unnamed Author

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.294

zbMATH Keywords

transition to turbulencestratified turbulenceshear layer turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stratification effects in viscous fluids (76D50) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Transition to turbulence (76F06) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

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