The butterfly effect and the transition to turbulence in a stratified shear layer

DOI10.1017/jfm.2022.985OpenAlexW4313294233MaRDI QIDQ5058998

Alexis K. Kaminski, Chih-Lun Liu, William D. Smyth

Publication date: 23 December 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.985

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixingtransition to turbulenceshear-flow instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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