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On shear instability and propagation of surface gravity waves in sea straits

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Normal mode analysis of stability of shear flows of inviscid, incompressible fluids in channels with variable cross section and with a free upper surface is undertaken. Some general analytical results are obtained for basic flows with smooth velocity profiles in channels with smooth topography function. A Kelvin-Helmholtz instability study in a channel with constant topography function is also analyzed.

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  • 30 November 2018

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Hyderabad, India

    V. R. K. Reddy

  2. Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India

    M. Subbiah

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Reddy, V.R.K., Subbiah, M. On shear instability and propagation of surface gravity waves in sea straits. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 133, 475 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12275-7

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