Optimal perturbations in time-dependent variable-density Kelvin–Helmholtz billows

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.509zbMath1462.76071OpenAlexW2508873060MaRDI QIDQ4976851

Jérôme Fontane, Adriana Lopez-Zazueta, L. Joly

Publication date: 2 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.509

zbMATH Keywords

instabilityjetsfree shear layers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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