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Instability of Three Dimensional Waves in Shear Flows
Author(s) -
Benney D. J.,
Zhou Y. F
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1002/sapm198981141
Subject(s) - instability , shear flow , shear (geology) , mechanics , oblique case , geology , flow (mathematics) , physics , classical mechanics , philosophy , linguistics , petrology
The instability of a shear flow is greatly affected by the presence of one or more preexisting waves. This problem is considered for an oblique wave on a parallel shear flow with a free surface. The analysis uses a mean flow first harmonic theory.