Mixing and available potential energy in stratified flows

DOI10.1063/1.1358307zbMath1184.76559OpenAlexW2056406034WikidataQ58310860 ScholiaQ58310860MaRDI QIDQ3555463

Yu-heng Tseng, Joel H. Ferziger

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/44a29500e41dab635e24df1621f52fa1ecf2b38c

zbMATH Keywords

oceanographymixingflow simulationstratified flowshear turbulenceatmospheric movements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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