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Neutral curves and stability boundaries in stratified flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Louis N. Howard
Louis N. Howard
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Abstract

An example is presented which shows that the boundary of stability in an antisymmetric stratified shear flow is not necessarily marked by steady neutral waves with c = 0. The stability characteristics of stratified shear flow in the neighbourhood of the neutral curve are also discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 1963 , pp. 333 - 342
Copyright
© 1963 Cambridge University Press

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