On mixing across an interface in stably stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 166, Issue , 1986, Pages 227-244

  Hopfinger, E J ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS - WAVE EFFECTS; LIQUIDS - WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVES; MIXED-LAYER DEEPENING; OSCILLATING GRID TURBULENCE; STRATIFIED FLUID;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0022723625     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112086000125     Document Type: Article

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