Direct numerical simulation of turbulence in a stably stratified fluid and wave-shear interaction

Applied Scientific Research (The Hague)

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 111-125

  Galmiche, Martin ^a   Thual, Olivier ^a   Bonneton, Philippe ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

DNS; Internal gravity waves; Mean flow; Stratified fluids; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITY WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031295553     PISSN: 00036994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1001171018994     Document Type: Article

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