The energy cascade in a strongly stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 550, Issue , 2006, Pages 207-242

  Lindborg, Erik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC TURBULENT CASCADE; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CASCADE HYPOTHESIS; ENERGY CASCADE; STRATIFIED FLUID;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS);

ANISOTROPY; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33645671722     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008128     Document Type: Article

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