Direct and large-eddy simulations of internal tide generation at a near-critical slope

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 681, Issue , 2011, Pages 48-79

  Gayen, Bishakhdatta ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

internal waves; stratified turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOUNDARY-LAYER SOLUTION; FREE WAVE PROPAGATION; INTERNAL TIDE GENERATION; INTERNAL WAVES; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

SHEAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW VELOCITY; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 79960763056     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.170     Document Type: Article

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