The stability of long, steady, two-dimensional salt fingers

DOI10.1017/S0022112084002044zbMath0588.76069OpenAlexW2126674885MaRDI QIDQ3716597

Judith Y. Holyer

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112084002044

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityfrequency of oscillationnon- oscillatory instabilitycollective instabilitycombination of analytical and numerical methodsgrowth rates of perturbationsheat-salt systemslong steady, two-dimensional salt fingerslong-wavelength internal-wave perturbationsmethods of Floquet theoryperiodic salt fingerssalt-sugar systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Free convection (76R10)

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Cites Work

• Collective instability of salt fingers

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