The viscous-diffusion nonlinear critical layer in a stratified shear flow

DOI10.1017/S002211209100037XzbMath0737.76087OpenAlexW2148988209MaRDI QIDQ3987805

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Publication date: 28 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211209100037x

zbMATH Keywords

viscositycritical layerstratified shear flowthermal conductivitywave disturbances

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion (76R50) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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