Dynamics of a stratified shear layer with horizontal shear

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 568, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-54

  Basak, S ^a   Sarkar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

MOLECULAR DISSIPATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFIED SHEAR LAYER; VORTEX CORES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; VORTICITY; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33751070596     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001686     Document Type: Article

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