Vorticity dynamics in a breaking internal gravity wave. Part 2. Vortex interactions and transition to turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 367, Issue , 1998, Pages 47-65

  Fritts, David C ^a   Arendt, Steve ^a   Andreassen, Øyvind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SHEAR FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032119325     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001633     Document Type: Article

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