A mechanism for layer formation in a double-diffusive fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112003006785zbMath1065.76086OpenAlexW1984568405MaRDI QIDQ4467678

Timour Radko

Publication date: 10 June 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112003006785

zbMATH Keywords

stability analysislarge-scale perturbationsalt-finger interfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion (76R50) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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