Far-wake of a sphere in a stably stratified fluid: Characterization of the vortex structures

Applied Scientific Research (The Hague)

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 269-281

  Bonnier, Marion ^a,b   Bonneton, Philippe ^c   Eiff, Olivier ^b  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Density measurements; Far wake dynamics; Quasi two dimensional turbulence; Stratified flow; Vortex structure; Vorticity field

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPHERES; VORTEX FLOW;

STRATIFIED FLUID;

WAKES;

EID: 0031295550     PISSN: 00036994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1001195724445     Document Type: Article

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