Dynamics of a stratified shear layer above a region of uniform stratification

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 630, Issue , 2009, Pages 191-223

  Pham, Hieu T ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a   Brucker, Kyle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOMENTUM; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE;

DOPPLER-SHIFTED FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR LAYER INSTABILITY; SHEAR-LAYER THICKNESS; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

SHEAR FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNAL WAVE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 67650908756     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006478     Document Type: Article

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