Spectral analysis of the transition to turbulence from a dipole in stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 713, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-108

  Augier, Pierre ^a,b   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^a   Billant, Paul ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

instability; stratified flows; transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; TURBULENCE;

DISSIPATION RATE OF KINETIC ENERGY; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; FROUDE NUMBER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84870779460     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.437     Document Type: Article

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