https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12275-7
Regular Article
On shear instability and propagation of surface gravity waves in sea straits
1
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Hyderabad, India
2
Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
* e-mail: ramakrishnareddy1986@gmail.com
Received:
23
February
2018
Accepted:
25
September
2018
Published online:
26
November
2018
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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