Vertical length scale selection for pancake vortices in strongly stratified viscous fluids

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 504, Issue , 2004, Pages 229-238

  Godoy Diana, Ramiro ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a   Billant, Paul ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; KINEMATICS; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; FROUDE NUMBER; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; VERTICAL LENGTH;

VISCOUS FLOW;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 2142708258     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008067     Document Type: Article

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