The nonlinear development of three-dimensional disturbances at hyperbolic stagnation points: A model of the braid region in mixing layers

DOI10.1063/1.870358zbMath1149.76334OpenAlexW2022969722MaRDI QIDQ3544144

R. R. Kerswell, C. P. Caulfield

Publication date: 5 December 2008

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.870358

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wakes and jets (76D25) Stability and instability of nonparallel flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E09)

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