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On the stability of stratified plane couette flow |
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| Authors: | E. Knobloch |
| Affiliation: | 1. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 8046, Garching, West Germany;2. Department of Physics , University of California , Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA |
| Abstract: | Abstract Unbounded stratified plane Couette flow is shown to be stable against small amplitude disturbances. The Brunt-Väisälä frequency is assumed to be constant. Both viscosity and thermal diffusion are included, and shown to be stabilizing. |
| Keywords: | Modons spherical geometry barotropic flows eddies quadrupoles tripoles shear flows. |