Available potential energy density for a multicomponent Boussinesq fluid with arbitrary nonlinear equation of state

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 735, Issue , 2013, Pages 499-518

  Tailleux, Rémi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general fluid mechanics; geophysical and geological flows; stratified flows

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; BUOYANCY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BALANCE EQUATIONS; GENERAL FLUID MECHANICS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; MINIMUM POTENTIAL ENERGY; MULTICOMPONENT FLUID; POTENTIAL ENERGY DENSITY; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BUOYANCY FORCING; EQUATION OF STATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPOTENTIAL; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIFIED FLOW; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLUID MECHANICS; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 84886675274     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.509     Document Type: Article

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