Turbulence, waves and mixing at shear-free density interfaces. Part 2. Laboratory experiments

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 347, Issue , 1997, Pages 235-261

  McGrath, J L ^a,c   Fernando, H J S ^a   Hunt, J C R ^b,d  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXING; TURBULENCE; WAVES;

SHEAR-FREE DENSITY INTERFACES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

MIXING; TURBULENCE; WAVE;

DENSITY INTERFACES; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031224879     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006526     Document Type: Article

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