Instabilities in stratified mixing layers

Gelfgat & Kit, JFM, 2006, vol. 552, pp. 189-227

STABILITY DIAGRAMS FOR VISCOUS STRATIFIED MIXING LAYER

Remainder: a=1+b, w=-b₁/2l

Stability diagrams for temporal instability

Stability diagram for small Richardson numbers (Kelvin-Helmholz instability)

Stability diagram for Ri=0.1 (Kelvin-Helmholz & Holmboe instabilities)

Stability diagram for Ri=0.2 and 0.3 (Kelvin-Helmholz & Holmboe instabilities)

Stability diagram for Ri=0.4 and 0.5 (Holmboe instability)

Real(b₁) vs. Reynolds number for temporal Holmboe neutral curves

Stability diagrams for spatial instability

Stability diagram for Ri=0.1 (Kelvin-Helmholz & Holmboe instabilities)

Stability diagram for Ri=0.2 (Kelvin-Helmholz & Holmboe instabilities)

Stability diagram for Ri=0.3 (Kelvin-Helmholz & Holmboe instabilities)

Real(b) vs. Reynolds number for spatial Holmboe neutral curves

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