On the stability of stratified plane couette flow
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Vol. 29 (1) , 105-116
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928408248185
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
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