On the calculation of the available potential energy of an isolated perturbation in a density-stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 597, Issue , 2008, Pages 415-427

  Lamb, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INTEGRATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; DENSITY-STRATIFIED FLUID; POTENTIAL ENERGY DENSITY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUID MECHANICS; INTEGRATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

DENSITY; EDDY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 39049104243     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007009743     Document Type: Article

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