The stability of the variable-density Kelvin–Helmholtz billow

DOI10.1017/S0022112008002966zbMath1151.76475MaRDI QIDQ5302686

L. Joly, Jérôme Fontane

Publication date: 8 January 2009

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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