Vertical structure in stratified wakes with high initial Froude number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 454, Issue , 2002, Pages 71-112

  Spedding, G R ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EXTRAPOLATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

FROUDE NUMBER;

WAKES;

FLOW PATTERN; FROUDE NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW; WAKE;

EID: 0037051409     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001007182     Document Type: Article

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