Self-preservation in stratified momentum wakes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Meunier, Patrice ^a   Diamessis, Peter J ^b   Spedding, Geoffrey R ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drag; Fractals; Stratified flow; Turbulent diffusion; Wakes

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; DRAG; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

SELF-PRESERVATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

WAKES;

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; DRAG; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WAKES;

EID: 33750581310     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2361294     Document Type: Article

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