Finite amplitude holmboe waves

DOI10.1080/03091928808213625zbMath0661.76033OpenAlexW2083188469MaRDI QIDQ3811902

W. R. Peltier, G. P. Klaassen, William D. Smyth

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928808213625

zbMATH Keywords

parallel shear flowHolmboe wavesKelvin- Helmholtz wavesthin, symmetrically positioned layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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