Dynamics of interfaces and layers in a stratified turbulent fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 355, Issue , 1998, Pages 329-358

  Balmforth, N J ^a,b   Llewellyn Smith, Stefan G ^a,c   Young, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

STRATIFIED TURBULENT FLUIDS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMICS; INTERFACE; MIXING; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMICS; INTERFACES; MIXING PROCESSES; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031748411     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007970     Document Type: Article

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