Structure of unsteady stably stratified turbulence with mean shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 507, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-42

  Hanazaki, H ^a   Hunt, J C R ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR FLOW;

RAPID DISTORTION THEORY (RDT); VERTICAL DENSITY FLUX; WAVENUMBER FLUCTUATIONS;

TURBULENCE;

MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 2542628961     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004007888     Document Type: Article

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