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On the structure of instability bursts in three-dimensional parallel flow
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2010
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The equations governing the evolution of the modulated amplitude of a pointcentred disturbance to a slightly supercritical flow are shown to have solutions which become infinite at a finite time and at a single point. The amplitude develops a sharp peak and the structure of this peak is found, for real and complex coefficients in the governing equations. Such a solution can only occur if the coefficients satisfy certain conditions
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