Effect of slight stratification on the nonlinear spatial evolution of a weakly unstable wave in a free shear layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112097005806zbMath0919.76032OpenAlexW2045306030MaRDI QIDQ4377293

Publication date: 17 August 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097005806

zbMATH Keywords

parametric investigation Boussinesq approximation stratified shear flow quasi-steady critical layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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