Decaying grid turbulence in a rotating stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 547, Issue , 2006, Pages 389-412

  Praud, Olivier ^a,b   Sommeria, Joel ^a   Fincham, Adam M ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GRID TURBULENCE; SCANNING IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; STRATIFIED FLUID;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATING FLUID; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33644984857     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007068     Document Type: Article

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