Direct numerical simulations of the turbulence evolution in a uniformly sheared and stably stratified flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 342, Issue , 1997, Pages 231-261

  Jacobitz, Frank G ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a   Van Atta, Charles W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW;

RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW;

TURBULENT FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031177713     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097005478     Document Type: Article

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