Transport and mixing of density in a continuously stratified shear layer

DOI10.1080/14685248.2010.493560zbMath1273.76144OpenAlexW2020869944MaRDI QIDQ2853870

Hieu T. Pham, Sutanu Sarkar

Publication date: 17 October 2013

Published in: Journal of Turbulence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2010.493560

zbMATH Keywords

turbulenceinternal wavesstratified shear layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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