Instability and hydraulics of turbulent stratified shear flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 695, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-256

  Liu, Zhiyu ^a   Thorpe, S A ^b   Smyth, W D ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mixing and dispersion; stratified flows; turbulent transition

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GROWTH RATE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

CRITICAL RICHARDSON NUMBER; DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT TRANSITION;

SHEAR FLOW;

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULICS; INSTABILITY; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

FIRTH OF CLYDE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863381931     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.13     Document Type: Article

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