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Instability and turbulence in a stratified fluid with shear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

C. G. Koop  and
F. K. Browand
C. G. Koop
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Fluid Mechanics Department, TRW Defense and Space Systems Group, Redondo Beach, California 90278.
F. K. Browand
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , 12 July 1979 , pp. 135 - 159
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© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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