Research Article

Linear and Weakly Nonlinear Instability of Shallow Mixing Layers with Variable Friction

Table 1

Linear and weakly nonlinear calculations for four values of and .

0.250.51.01.5

k0.4420.4370.4380.437
S0.1980.2050.2110.214
C1.9721.9852.0042.018
0.195 − 0.487i0.195 − 0.080i0.183 − 0.133i0.174 − 0.173i
2.374 + 0.690i2.151 + 0.687i2.090 + 0.516i2.092 + 0.262i
1.9561.9812.0072.018
7.077 + 13.243i7.330 + 12.434i7.403 + 10.752i7.255 + 9.645i