Wave-induced distortions of a slightly stratified shear flow: a nonlinear critical-layer effect

DOI10.1017/S0022112073002454zbMath0262.76029MaRDI QIDQ5678580

Richard Haberman

Publication date: 1973

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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Cites Work

• A New Class of Nonlinear Waves in Parallel Flows
• The Nonlinear Critical Layer in a Slightly Stratified Shear Flow
• Critical Layers m Parallel Flows