Vorticity concentration and the dynamics of unstable free shear layers

DOI10.1017/S0022112076001365zbMath0317.76024OpenAlexW2121918360MaRDI QIDQ4079240

Gilles M. Corcos, Frederick S. Sherman

Publication date: 1976

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112076001365

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