Experiments on collapsing turbulent regions in stratified fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 358, Issue , 1998, Pages 29-60

  De Silva, I P D ^a,b   Fernando, H J S ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VISCOUS FLOW;

COLLAPSING TURBULENT PATCHES; LINEARLY STRATIFIED FLUIDS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0032024718     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008094     Document Type: Article

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