The viscous decay of progressive interfacial waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Troy, C D ^a   Koseff, J R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer turbulence; Channel flow; Damping; Friction; Stratified flow; Surface waves (fluid); Water waves

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DAMPING; FLOW OF WATER; FRICTION; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; DAMPING RATES; INTERFACIAL WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; STRATIFIED FLOW; VISCOUS DAMPING;

CHANNEL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; DAMPING; FLOW OF WATER; FRICTION; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33644591415     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2166849     Document Type: Article

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