Internal wave excitation by a vertically oscillating sphere

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 494, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-93

  Flynn, Morris R ^a   Onu, Kristjan ^a   Sutherland, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); OSCILLATIONS; WAVE EFFECTS;

INTERNAL WAVE EXCITATION; WAVE AMPLITUDE;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EXCITATION; INTERNAL WAVE; OSCILLATION; SPHERE; STRATIFIED FLUID; WATER WAVE; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0344667694     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003005937     Document Type: Article

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