On the shear number effect in stratified shear flow

DOI10.1007/s001620050114zbMath0962.76035MaRDI QIDQ1964300

Frank G. Jacobitz, Sutanu Sarkar

Publication date: 6 February 2000

Published in: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001620050114

zbMATH Keywords

direct numerical simulations; shear number; spectral space dynamics; stably stratified fluid; turbulence evolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76F10: Shear flows and turbulence

76F65: Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence

76D50: Stratification effects in viscous fluids

76F45: Stratification effects in turbulence

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